At 22:24 6th Dec 2011, bergklauf wrote: I am European football fan with strong interest in the South American talents.

So in many cases, a South American talent stops its natural cycle of technical development and is landed in Ukraine, Russia, Turkey or Greece (for the least well promoted and/or having the lousiest agent) or in the best case scenario the EPL, La Liga or Serie A (or B).

Quite remarkable like you say that Argentina has overtaken Brazil as the leading exporter of South American talent, is this perhaps beacuse Argentina can produce players of a high standard for all positions when Brazil tends to specialise in attacking players?