Explaining The Athletic Bilbao Basque Only Policy for FIFA 22 Career Mode

Athletic Bilbao have the rule to promote local Basque talent and to promote the region. They can only sign players born in the Basque regions of France, Spain and Andorra, players with Basque heritage, or player raised in the Basque regions from under 12.There is also a ‘learned skills at a Basque club’ aspect to the policy that has been used recently to sign a Romanian player who has no heritage.

The club have been known to relax the conditions heavily if they is interest from big name players, trying to sign Forlan and Higuain in the past despite their Basque heritage being questionable

A list of basque players mentioned in this guide ( https://sofifa.com/shortlist/53430?hl... )

Spanish Basque region includes
Bilbao 351,629
Vitoria-Gasteiz 238,247
Pamplona 195,769

French Basque region includes
Bayonne 44,300

Academy
Bilbao have one of the best academies in world football.
They need this to keep the supply of Basque talent coming through
Azpilicueta
Xabi Alonso
Javi Martinez
Arteta
Ander Herrera
Muniain
Scout only France and Spain (Andorra is fine too if you're on PC)
Only sign players with Basque sounding names (lists can be found here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_... )
Regens from Sociedad, Eibar and Alaves are allowed if player has Basque surname

Stadium is in game and teams + league is fully licensed

Spanish rules - Watch my video on the Spanish league which includes squad rules, one thing I forgot to mention is every single player must have a release fee

There is no Basque manager requirement, so you can be whoever you want for your FIFA 21 Career Mode! My suggestion would to be Aritz Aduriz who only retired last year.
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