The proportion of Premier League playing time this season for English players has dipped to 30 per cent, Press Association Sport figures show. Of just over 600,000 minutes played by top-flight players, just under 179,000 minutes have gone to players eligible for England – 30.2 per cent of the total, down from 32 per cent when the data was analysed during the October international break. National team manager Gareth Southgate had already voiced his concerns over the issue by that stage and on Monday he called up a man without a Premier League start to his name in Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi. Glass half-empty (PA Graphic) In the early stages of the season, English players accounted...
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