Quota on foreign players could harm England team - Reed


Britain Football Soccer - England Training - St. George?s Park - 30/8/16 England assistant manager Sammy Lee talks to the players during training Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine Livepic

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A quota on foreign players in the Premier League could hinder rather than help the England team, according to former FA technical director Les Reed.

Andy Burnham, the opposition Labour Party's home affairs spokesman, opened the Soccerex Global Convention by suggesting one of the advantages of Britain's exit from the European Union could be the introduction of limits on foreign players, which would provide greater playing time for English talent.

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