The Internationalization of European Sports Teams and the Issue of National Citizenship: Can Sports Transcend Political Borders?

This book tells the story of the growth of foreign participation in European sports and presents methods to analyze the movement of foreign athletes to Europe and dealing with the controversy surrounding the increasing, and sometimes dominant, role of foreign athletes in European team sports: That foreign competition limits the opportunities to develop domestic talent; limits placed on local talent reduces the competitiveness of their national teams; use of foreign players reduces local fan interest.