Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa feels South American players are leaving the continent too soon.
Bielsa has long lamented the globalisation of the game and the loss of local club loyalty.
He said, "If you look at the South American leagues, they deliver fewer and fewer players to European clubs because the players leave their home countries before they have performed for their childhood clubs.
"It hurts everyone. If you buy a player at 15 years old, the formative process that the player has to go through, where they were born and raised, in a league they know, is disrupted."
Commenting on registration ownership, Bielsa added: "It is not something that is investigated so much, but often the South American clubs do not own the players. They play for the clubs, but are not actually owned by them."
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