Tuesday 24 March 2015 18:17, UK
FA chairman Greg Dyke wants to change the rules around home-grown players to help boost opportunities for young English talent.
But that means some players who were previously defined as home-grown would not be any longer.
If Dyke’s plans are pushed through, then any player - irrespective of nationality - would need to be on the books of an English or Welsh club for three years before their 18th birthday.
Essentially that means overseas players must join an English club when they are 15. Currently players can join at the age of 18 and qualify for home-grown status.
Sky Sports News HQ has put together a team of current Premier League stars who would no longer be seen as home-grown under these rules...
Asmir Begovic
Born in the former Yugoslavia, Begovic qualifies as home-grown having joined Portsmouth at the age of 16 in 2003. However, under the new proposals, he would only have spent two years at an English club before his 18th birthday and thus would not qualify for home-grown status.
Rafael
The Brazilian defender joined Manchester United around six months before his 18th birthday, becoming classed as a home-grown player in 2011 after spending three years at the club prior to turning 21. Under Dyke's proposal, the full-back would now take up one of United's overseas slots, while at the moment he also counts as club trained.
Philippe Senderos
After joining Arsenal as an 18-year-old, Senderos was another to squeeze under the home-grown barrier by a matter of months. Now at Aston Villa, the Switzerland centre-back counts as one of the Midland club's 15 home-grown players in their 25-man squad.
Robert Huth
Huth joined Chelsea as a 16-year-old in 2000, although the deal didn’t become official until 2001. Thus the German is another who would narrowly miss out on home-grown status having failed to complete three years at an English club prior to his 18th birthday.
Gael Clichy
Having joined Arsenal as an 18-year-old, Clichy became classified as home-grown and club trained in 2006, spending a further five years at Arsenal. Now part of Manchester City's squad, the Frenchman is one of their six home-grown players, demonstrating the scale of which the proposals could impact the reigning champions in future years.
Morgan Schneiderlin
Midfielder Schneiderlin has been with Southampton since 2008 when he joined as an 18-year-old from Strasbourg in his native France. As a result, he qualifies as one of eight home-grown players in Ronald Koeman's 25-man squad, but would not do so if the new rules come into force.
Alex Song
Cameroon midfielder Song is another product of the Arsenal youth system, who has achieved home-grown status under the current rules. He joined Arsenal from French side Bastia a month before his 18th birthday, but would be classed as a non-home grown player for West Ham under the new proposals.
Seb Larsson
Having played youth football in his native Sweden, Larsson was spotted by an Arsenal scout and was signed as a 16-year-old. However, he would need to have moved to England a year earlier to retain his home-grown player status with Sunderland, under The FA's plan.
Cesc Fabregas
Fabregas is perhaps the most famous example of an overseas player achieving home-grown status in England. Arsene Wenger tempted the Spaniard to join the Arsenal Academy from Barcelona in September 2003 when he was 16 years old. Despite making his first-team debut before his 17th birthday, he would not be classed as a home-grown player under the new rules.
Gylfi Sigurdsson
Attacking midfielder Sigurdsson made his name with Reading after joining their Academy in October 2005 as an Iceland Under-17 international. However, 16-years-of-age is too old to achieve home-grown status under the new rules, so he could not be included on Swansea's home-grown list under Dyke's proposals.
Fabio Borini
Sunderland and Liverpool fans may have forgotten that the Italy striker was first brought to England by Chelsea in the summer of 2007, when he signed from Bologna as a 16-year-old. However, he would have missed the cut-off to achieve home-grown status under The FA's new proposals.
