Basque players are usually Spanish or French and you have to look at the other nationalities to see that they're Basque (like Xabi Alonso and Arteta). The three Basque clubs are Bilbao, Sociedad, and Osasuna, but only Bilbao has the restriction of only being able to sign Basque players. They're also pretty much broke.
The upside is that the restriction only applies to players, so you can sign whatever coaches you want and train your homegrown Basqu players better.
I wouldn't say it's particularly hard to mange Bilbao, but it certainly is annoying to not be able to sign very many people. The good thing is, many of their current players have very good potential (Llorente, Tarantino) or are already very good (Yeste).
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