Allardyce Open To Foreign-born England Players
Zeeshan Mehtab Published August 30, 2016 | 11:20 AM
BURTON-ON-TRENT, United Kingdom, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -30th Augst,2016) : The dwindling English talent pool in the Premier League may leave England's new manager Sam Allardyce with no option but to naturalise overseas-born players, he said on Monday. After naming his squad for England's opening 2018 World Cup qualifier in Slovakia on Sunday, Allardyce revealed he had made an unsuccessful attempt to call up Sevilla's French midfielder Steven N'Zonzi. The move was blocked by FIFA due to N'Zonzi having played for France's under-21 team, but with only around 35 percent of Premier League starters being English, Allardyce wants to keep his options open.
Asked if he should not be giving priority to players born in England, Allardyce said: "It happens in all the other countries though. "The shortage of English players in the Premier League, I think it is only 31 percent. "If those don't play on a regular basis, surely if you are going to win something and that player is of the calibre to force his way into that side, then you give him an opportunity? "It's a very delicate subject, I agree with you.I'll have to see if I actually do it one day how it's perceived across the nation. "If he goes out and scores the winner, will it be quite that bad?"
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