The Football Association will push English clubs to unearth their own Harry Kane next season by making it harder for foreign players to secure work permits this summer.
Stricter rules, approved by the home office on Friday, will come into force from May 1 and intend to reduce the number of non-EU players in the Premier League, who are seen as blocking English talent.
FA chairman Greg Dyke also wants to persuade the Premier League to drop the number of non-home grown players allowed in a 25-man squad from 17 to 13 and to adjust the definition of 'home grown' so that players only qualify if they are registered for three years prior to turning 18, rather than 21.
The Premier League reportedly have serious reservations about both changes to the home grown players rule, including whether there would be legal implications.
The proposals come from the FA's England Commission, launched in 2013 to help English youngsters succeed at the highest level and achieve Dyke's ambitious target of winning the 2022 World Cup.
A clock counting down to the final in Qatar has since been installed at St George's Park but the chance of England progressing that far remains small with Englishmen like Tottenham's Kane, currently joint top-scorer in the Premier League, forming only 35 percent of those playing in the top flight.
Dyke wants that figure to rise to "around 40 percent" in the next five years.
The home grown proposals may prove difficult to push through, however, which is where Dyke hopes Kane's 29 goals in all competitions this season can prove persuasive.
Dyke said: "We will go round [the clubs] and try to convince them. We will ask: 'Are you sure you haven't got a Harry Kane playing in your youth side?'
"It must help negotiations mustn't it? Suddenly an English kid who was out on loan at four different places, who was touch-and-go to get a game in the first team, is suddenly the top scorer in English football.
"It's great news. How many more Harry Kanes are there out there, who just can't get a game?"
The new work permit rules, which apply across the whole Football League, will see prospective non-EU players given points for various criteria including the agreed transfer fee and wages, international caps, and the level of league and club they are joining from.
The player must be an international from a country ranked in FIFA's top 50, rather than the top 70 as it is currently, and the number of caps required will be staggered depending on the country's status.
Players from countries ranked in the top 10 will have to have played in 30 percent of international matches over the past two years while that figure rises to 75 percent for countries ranked between 31 and 50.
There will also be leeway given to players under the age of 21, who are assumed to be less established at international level and therefore need only fulfil the caps criteria for the last 12 months.
The changes are aimed at ending clubs' reliance on a lenient appeals system that has granted approval to 79 percent of its applicants, and ensuring only the most talented non-EU players ply their trade in this country.
http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-prem...er-rules-for-work-permits-for-foreign-players
Stricter rules, approved by the home office on Friday, will come into force from May 1 and intend to reduce the number of non-EU players in the Premier League, who are seen as blocking English talent.
FA chairman Greg Dyke also wants to persuade the Premier League to drop the number of non-home grown players allowed in a 25-man squad from 17 to 13 and to adjust the definition of 'home grown' so that players only qualify if they are registered for three years prior to turning 18, rather than 21.
The Premier League reportedly have serious reservations about both changes to the home grown players rule, including whether there would be legal implications.
The proposals come from the FA's England Commission, launched in 2013 to help English youngsters succeed at the highest level and achieve Dyke's ambitious target of winning the 2022 World Cup.
A clock counting down to the final in Qatar has since been installed at St George's Park but the chance of England progressing that far remains small with Englishmen like Tottenham's Kane, currently joint top-scorer in the Premier League, forming only 35 percent of those playing in the top flight.
Dyke wants that figure to rise to "around 40 percent" in the next five years.
The home grown proposals may prove difficult to push through, however, which is where Dyke hopes Kane's 29 goals in all competitions this season can prove persuasive.
Dyke said: "We will go round [the clubs] and try to convince them. We will ask: 'Are you sure you haven't got a Harry Kane playing in your youth side?'
"It must help negotiations mustn't it? Suddenly an English kid who was out on loan at four different places, who was touch-and-go to get a game in the first team, is suddenly the top scorer in English football.
"It's great news. How many more Harry Kanes are there out there, who just can't get a game?"
The new work permit rules, which apply across the whole Football League, will see prospective non-EU players given points for various criteria including the agreed transfer fee and wages, international caps, and the level of league and club they are joining from.
The player must be an international from a country ranked in FIFA's top 50, rather than the top 70 as it is currently, and the number of caps required will be staggered depending on the country's status.
Players from countries ranked in the top 10 will have to have played in 30 percent of international matches over the past two years while that figure rises to 75 percent for countries ranked between 31 and 50.
There will also be leeway given to players under the age of 21, who are assumed to be less established at international level and therefore need only fulfil the caps criteria for the last 12 months.
The changes are aimed at ending clubs' reliance on a lenient appeals system that has granted approval to 79 percent of its applicants, and ensuring only the most talented non-EU players ply their trade in this country.
http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-prem...er-rules-for-work-permits-for-foreign-players
