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Haha, I think the days of suggesting that Celtic and Rangers should join the Premier League are long gone. You'd be a mid-table Championship club at best.
I'd say Scottish, Irish and Welsh football have probably suffered most from the influx of foreign players into the Premier League as well as their own leagues over the last couple of decades.
I wrote a blog a few years ago and included these stats. I reckon numbers are probably continuing to fall for home nation players
Nationalities with most mins played in the EPL per season (not including English players).
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Scotland probably has more players in the Serie A than the epl now. Football is not the sport I grew up watching. There is no physicality to it, you can't even sing songs without getting arresting, let alone have decent fights. TV money killed football in the UK, I am just glad I grew up seeing Rangers be the best club in the UK taking the English captain their goalkeeper and other players. Being denied by Marseilles who were then disqualified still rankles me, but at least Rangers are one of the eight stars on the UCL logo!
As for home nations players, I think the premier league is a big reason Engerland win fluff all.