qnli question: What can a club do if a player they wish to sign does not meet the Home Office's work permit requirements? sentence: A non-EU player applying for the permit must have played for his country in at least 75 per cent of its competitive 'A' team matches for which he was available for selection during the previous two years, and his country must have averaged at least 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings over the previous two years.