Torres knocks the league of his own country.

Spain striker, Fernando Torres, has launched a heavy attack on Spanish clubs for using deep pockets to buy foreign players instead of raising home grown talent. Torres is said to be increasingly upset by the amounts of money that football clubs can so freely spend to buy in a player from any part of the globe, when talented young Spaniards get over looked.

Torres himself does not play in Spain but for Liverpool in England, however, he clearly feels that young English players get more of a chance in the Premier League than Spanish players do in La Liga. Foreign imports are said to be one of the main reasons the English national team has not done so well in modern times.

The point is that it is no secret that the English side his having its best spell in recent memory under Fabio Capello because there are more English players turning out in the Premier League than ever before. Torres shouldn’t really be worried because the Spanish national side are the current European champions, but he clearly has worries for the future.

Torres said: “We have the best national team in the world and a lot of money would be spent on our players, but Spanish clubs don't do it. They would only do it for foreign players.”

He does have a very valid point. David Villa is reportedly on the verge of making a £40 million move to Real Madrid and Liverpool have so often showed over the last couple of seasons that they will pay good money for Spanish players because Rafa Benitez believes they are technically the best.

Torres’ comments echo a lot of what has been said in this country. The fact that young and good players from their host country cannot get into a side because a foreigner can be so easily bought, creates a boundary which prevents a lot of young players from ever fulfilling their potential.

This is the very topic, which has meant the introduction of a quota system into the Englsih football league. From the start of next season, every club from the Championship downwards must have a minimum number of home grown players in their squad. It is a sensible system that will safeguard the future of English football.

Spain seem to be very gifted when it comes to their national team but if Madrid are ging and spending £140 million on two players that are not Spanish then it creates the same concerns that have been floating around in England for so long. Although Spain may be better positioned to deal with the effect this can create on Spanish football, there will come a point when the next generation of Spanish players has to walk into the national side and Torres’ comments will be looked upon.

He is quite correct and the powers that be that control the Spanish game need to be working hard on a variety of ways that means a great national side will not fall apart in future years because of a lack of control over the La Liga handling of the trasnfer system.