League to ponder introduction of academy subs

September 17, 2008
The Premier League will look at the possibility of introducing a rule for clubs to include two academy graduates among their seven-man bench.

A proposal was put before the League this summer as part of an overall debate about substitutes but was eventually overlooked during the sanctioning of seven replacements, an increase from the previous five.

While there have been no in-depth discussions on the matter since, the Premier League are still broadly supportive of the idea, which ...

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