Wenger challenges FIFA's plan for 'mediocrity"

Arsenal Manager Wenger has reacted angrily against FIFA and FIFPro - the international players’ union.
This is because the organisations reached an accord this week in which, by 2010, they hope to bring in a rule stating that clubs must field at least six home-grown players in their starting line-ups. Their agreement, which still has the tricky task of getting past the employment laws of the European Union, was a red rag to Wenger.
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In another development FIFPro has announced that the FIFPro World XI Player Award Ceremony 2006 which was to have taken place Monday 6 November in Athens now stands cancelled.