Premier League chief executive wants home grown quota increased

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has said that the league are keen to see the percentage of home grown players rise to 50%.

Only 38% of players who started in last weekend's Premier League matches were English-qualified, compared to almost double that figure in both France and Spain.

"We are making huge strides under our director of youth Ged Roddy," Scudamore told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek.

"With everybody at the Football Association and Football League on board with the development plan which is entirely designed to bring through more and better young players, coached in better environments by better coaches.

"We don't want it eliminated, we still want to attract the best foreign talent we can. They have graced our Premier League, but certainly we do want to see more home-grown talent.

"You can't get involved in numbers. I want that number increased and if it was back towards 50% that would be good, if it was higher I would only want it to be higher if the English talent was good enough."

Scudamore has been the Chief Executive of the Premier League since 1999.