FA to restrict plan on non - EU players

FA chairman Greg Dyke today outlined new proposals to change the rules governing home grown players in English football.

Dyke said, in 2014, just 23 English players were playing Champions League football. That compares with 78 Spanish players, 55 from Germany and even 51 from Brazil – and the numbers will only get worse. If we want to maintain a national side capable of competing against the world’s best, we need change.

The Commission identified some factors affecting the lack of opportunities for young English talents in the top flight clubs as -

A lack of quality coaching.

An absence of quality facilities at grassroots level.

A lack of opportunities for home grown players to play competitive first team football between the ages of 18 and 21.

The regulation of the English players market’s effectiveness in preserving the desired balance of British, EU and non-EU players.

under proposal by the FA on Monday :

• The minimum number of home-grown players in a club's first-team squad of 25 will increase from eight to 12, phased over four years from 2016.

• At least two home-grown players must also be 'club-trained' players -
defined as any player, irrespective of nationality, that has been registered
for three years at their current club from the age of 15.

• Only the best non-EU foreign players will be granted permission to play in
England, with the process for dealing with work-permit appeals to be
tightened.