13 May 2009New quota system could be introduced in the English Premier League

Football Clubs News | Football Leagues/ Association and Governance

A new system could be put in place to increase the number of home-grown players representing teams in the English Premier League, it has been revealed.

The Football League has already agreed to a move to include at least four home-grown players in their match-day squads next season, with a home-grown player consisting of a person who has been registered domestically for at least three years before their 21st birthday.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been constantly pushing to try to bring in a 6+5 rule, which would see six players in a team needing to be eligible to play for the country in which their team is based.

However, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has now indicated proposals that will mean from the 2010/11 season that teams such as Chelsea and Arsenal will have to have to include a specific number of home-grown players in their squads.

Scudamore added that a significant number of Premier League teams have agreed to the proposals, while suggesting that the league will decide at its annual summer meeting which quota system to implement.

Another option open to them is to introduce a rule similar to that created by UEFA for European competitions, which orders clubs to have at least eight home-grown players in their squads of 25.

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