The Football Association's moves to scrap appeals to sign non-EU players on work permits appear destined for failure after Premier League clubs opposed the proposals, Press Association reported.
FA chairman Greg Dyke's England Commission proposed new rules on work permits for overseas players so that clubs will no longer be able to go to appeal if they do not meet the criteria.
Dyke's belief is that the changes would allow more English-born players into top-flight clubs.
The Home Office which awards the permits wants a consensus from the world of football for any changes but that now looks impossible.
The Premier League responded to the consultation process by opposing the changes, Press Association reported. The clubs say the number of appeals is so small compared to the number of transfers that it would have no significant effect. Only three of the 187 inbound transfers last summer -- West Ham's Enner Valencia, West Brom's Christian Gamboa and Hull's Abel Hernandez -- were via successful work permit appeals.
The FA's proposed changes include allowing overseas players to gain work permits if their transfer fee is more than 10 milion pounds or they are earning more than 60,000 pounds a week.
The Premier League believes those proposals would put clubs in a position where they might have to overpay for players just to ensure they receive a work permit.
Dyke's England Commission also wants to ban any Football League club from signing non-EU players, and Premier League sides from sending them out on loan.
Football League clubs have also reportedly expressed serious reservations, while Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants work permits for foreign footballers to be scrapped completely.