FA 'homegrown talent' plan backed by England bosses

The Premier League has opposed plans to boost quotas of English players, but five former England managers say changes must be made

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The Football Association's plans to boost the number of homegrown players in the Premier League has received the backing of five former England managers.

Last month the FA's chairman, Greg Dyke, warned that the League was in danger of "having nothing to do with English people". At the same time he outlined plans to increase the minimum number of homegrown players in club squads from eight to 12, while also changing the rules of what makes a "homegrown" player so that in future a player must have trained in England for three years before the age of 18, rather than the current age of 21.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.