Gab Marcotti

Italy does really well in youth tournaments or have done over the last couple years.

Under 17s, under 20s, under 21s.

They're not doing worse.

They're doing about as well as Spain, France, England.

The issue, I think the big difference...

is what happens when these guys get ready to step into the first team.

Yeah, on this issue of the foreigners, I think you make a really good point.

But I want to stress...

the number of foreigners in syria it's not anything that can change because there's european union um rules about this what bothers me a lot actually because clubs would say okay fine but we're getting these guys because they're better uh simple as right and that may be true to some degree i think they also often get these guys and i hate to say this and lift the lid on this we're going to get into stories of agents commissions and stuff like that later

They shop abroad because it's a lot easier to make a buck.

It's a lot easier to then balance the books in dubious ways.

They'll swap you this guy for that guy.

There's a lot of clubs that are still basically in hock to,

to intermediaries, to certain people.

Look, we both know plenty of agents and intermediaries.

There's a lot of people who are honest people of integrity, provide real value to clubs.

There's also some who are just bad people.

And there's people who are in football for the wrong reasons.

And especially when you look at how youth players move around, I think that is a big, big factor.

Because you see this, that some of these guys, Italy's best young player, I think, other than Pio Sposito, is Palestra, right?