Mediocre players from overseas are taking places in club squads that should be going to young English players, Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has claimed. The FA has announced proposals to cut the number of players from outside the European Union coming into the English game by up to 50 per cent, including banning clubs sending such players out on loan, preventing Football League clubs from signing them and making the appeals process much tougher. Some 122 overseas players were granted visas between 2009 and 2013, 23 of them in the Football League. Young English players like Raheem Sterling (pictured) are suffering due to the amount of foreign imports, says FA chairman Greg Dyke
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FA chairman Greg Dyke announces proposals to cut number to players from outside EU coming into English game by up to 50 per cent
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Clubs would be banned from sending such players out on loan
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The appeals process would also be made far tougher under new rules
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Dyke thinks 'young English kids' are having places in Premier League squads taken up by mediocre foreign imports
Dyke (left) believes Premier League and @placeholder squads are getting crammed full of foreign players