The Potential Deal makes both football and financial sense

After winning the recent Copa America championship and reaching the semi final of the World Cup, Uruguayan football is on a real high at the moment. It is not just at national level where the football is blooming with club side Nacional reaching the Copa Livertadores Semi Final, in the process becoming the first Uruguayan side to do so in 20 years. It is therefore not much of a surprise to see Premier League clubs wanting to take advantage of their rapid growth.

Liverpool are the first club to make a move and they are looking to use recent transfers to help set up a partnership with South American giants Nacional in the hope that they can spot the next genuine talent and bring them over to England at a young age. Already this season Damien Comolli has brought in Sebastian Coates from the Montevideo club and Kop favourite, Luis Suarez also started his career there before a move to Dutch side Ajax.

During the recent Copa America the Nacional side had an extraordinary 14 players out of the 23 who had played for Nacional sometimes during their development. This means it would make sense to agree a deal with a club who are obviously set up to produce top class players.

The main problem with bringing South American talent into the UK is that they are not guaranteed to get work permits however as anybody who plays Football Manager will know that there are ways round this problem. Liverpool currently have a deal with Belgium club GENK where they can loan their foreign youngster there for the season so they can gain European citizenship and therefore receive a work permit. By loaning them to Holland or Belgium for a season or two they will come back with European citizenship so are more likely to gain a work permit.