Crafty group of overseas footballers admit whole bunch is not in good shape (8)
I believe the answer is:
flotilla
'crafty group' is the definition.
'flotilla' can be an answer for 'group' (flotilla is a kind of group). I am not certain of the 'crafty' bit.
'overseas footballers admit whole bunch is not in good shape' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'bunch' could be 'lot' ('lot' can be a synonym of 'bunch') and 'lot' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flotilla that I've seen before include "Fleet of small ships" , "set of boats" , "A lot of craft" , "Fleet of small craft" , "Group of small craft" .)