Thursday, September 10, 2009

Liverpool Veteran Jamie Carragher Sees No Quick Fix In Transfer Controversy

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is not sure that a ban on the transfer of players who are under the age of 18 will necessarily improve the situation, as the storm surrounding big English clubs and their alleged 'inducement' of young French players continues to rage.

Manchester City are the latest club to face possible FIFA action, following the transfer ban placed on Chelsea for an alleged breach of the regulations when they signed youngster Gael Kakuta from RC Lens. Manchester United are also readying themselves for a legal battle in the wake of a reported allegation from Le Havre that Paul Pogba was illegally induced into breaking his contract to join the Red Devils.

Carragher can't see an easy solution to the problem, telling Sky Sports News: "If you can get players from abroad very cheap who are very good then you can't say no if you think it's going to improve your first team in the future.

"As long as the clubs aren't breaking the rules, I think it's up to FIFA or UEFA if they want to change the rules. But as long as the clubs can hold their heads up high and know that they haven't done anything wrong. That's the main thing."

As for Liverpool's home game against Burnley this weekend, Carragher knows that taking three points off Owen Coyle's team will be far from easy.

"It'll be a difficult game," he told The Liverpool Echo. "They've made a great start and beaten Manchester United and Everton. If we'd have done that in the early weeks we'd have been delighted. For a team to do that that's only just come up is a fantastic achievement.

"I'd probably like to see them to stay up. It's a local team so we've not got far to travel.

"It's important that we get three points there and get back up the league."

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