The current season is the tenth. Premier LeagueClubs have signed players representing 108 different countries.
However, there is one nation clubs prefer to look to for talent: England.
The current 20 Premier League clubs signed 1,616 permanent or loan players between the 2013-14 season and the latest window. Many of these players have made a first-team debut.
This figure represents 27% of all signed documents during the period.
The Athletic was prompted by this apparent preference to analyze the data. The previous explorations of the Age profile of Premier League signings, your club’s most popular side to do business with,The Teams who have the most influence in the transfer window, we have now examined which nationalities each club favours.
The results revealed that each club recruits a wide range of nationalities; how diversification correlates with league positions; and which teams are more dependent on English talent than other teams, such as Bournemouth49 percent of their signings during the last decade were English.
