GETTY Liverpool star Dominic Solanke didn't get many chances at Chelsea Back in January, a report by UEFA revealed that the Premier League had a higher percentage of foreign players than any other European league. The report showed that up to 69.2% of top-flight players were foreign – way ahead of Cyprus, the second-highest, with 57.1%. That’s a damning statistic for the English game but one that chimes with a study that shows how little interest there is in domestic talent at some top clubs. An analysis of transfer activity over the past decade reveals that English players make up less than 10 per cent of the signings made by Arsenal and Chelsea. It’s an astonishingly...
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