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Hammers owner in loan system blast
West Ham United, 11:31, September 3, 2010 , | No Comments
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan says the loan system needs reviewing as it's 'madness' they can only borrow two England-based players.
Sullivan is frustrated that, while the rules state that they can take an unlimited number of foreign players on a loan basis, clubs are only permitted to take two from UK-based clubs. And he feels it 'doesn't make sense' to penalise all clubs not only in the Premier League but even lower down the ladder.
"It is possible that we might need to discuss ways of changing the loan system," Sullivan told Soccernet. "It is madness the English clubs are penalised, compared to foreign clubs, when you can only loan two players even from Championship or Premier League clubs.
"Clubs that have been recently relegated from the Premier League are often desperate to loan out expensive players - for example Jimmy Bullard at Hull - but it is difficult to offload them. However, you are free to loan as many as you want from foreign clubs. It doesn't make sense."
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