Manchester United have named more homegrown players in their 25-man squad than Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City - despite losing five British first-team players during the summer.

Louis van Gaal has included 12 homegrown stars, with the likes of Phil Jones, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney predicted to play a major role in the Dutchman's side this season.

British players Rio Ferdinand, Danny Welbeck, Wilfried Zaha and Tom Cleverley have all moved on this summer - while Ryan Giggs decided to hang up his boots to become the club's assistant manager.

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Best of British: Wayne Rooney and Darren Fletcher rose through the ranks of Everton and Manchester United respectively

Foreign talent: Midfielders Angel di Maria and Ander Herrera joined United this summer

Van Gaal forked out more than £125million on world-class foreign quintet Angel di Maria, Radamel Falcao, Daley Blind, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo, however nearly half of his senior squad were educated on British shores.

Chelsea have the least amount of homegrown players over the age of 21, with just three members of their current squad having risen through a British academy - and one of those is Cesc Fabregas, who joined Arsenal at 15.

The Premier League explain on their website: 'A homegrown player will be defined as one who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21).'

All Premier League clubs must include at least eight homegrown stars - which can be supplemented with players under the age of 21 - in their respective 25-man squads in order to comply with the competition's rules.

Exception to the rule: Cesc Fabregas is classed as a homegrown player because he spent the majority of his teenage years at Arsenal

The Premier League's three promoted teams Burnley, Leicester and Queens Park Rangers have the most homegrown players with Sean Dyche's side leading the way with 19.

Aston Villa have the largest proportion when you exclude the recently-promoted clubs.

Paul Lambert brought in four homegrown players - Joe Cole, Kieran Richardson, Philippe Senderos and Cleverley - during this summer's transfer window.

HOW MANY SENIOR HOMEGROWN PLAYERS ARE PLYING THEIR TRADE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE? Arsenal (8) - Francis Coquelin, Kieran Gibbs, Damian Martinez, Aaron Ramsey, Wojciech Szczesny, Theo Walcott, Danny Welbeck, Jack Wilshere. Aston Villa (16) - Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nathan Baker, Darren Bent, Ciaran Clark, Tom Cleverley, Joe Cole, Fabian Delph, Shay Given, Christopher Herd, Matthew Lowton, Charles N'Zogbia, Kieran Richardson, Philippe Senderson, Benjamin Siegrist, Andreas Weimann, Ashley Westwood. Burnley (19) - Ashley Barnes, George Boyd, Aleksander Cisak, Michael Duff, Matthew Gilks, Tom Heaton, David Jones, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Michael Kightly, Kevin Long, Dean Marney, Benjamin Mee, Luke O'Neill, Steven Reid, Jason Shackell, Marvin Sordell, Matthew Taylor, Kieran Trippier, Sam Vokes. Chelsea (3) - Gary Cahill, Cesc Fabregas, John Terry. Crystal Palace (15) - Barry Bannan, Fraizer Campbell, Scott Dann, Ezekiel Fryers, Dwight Gayle, Wayne Hennessey, Andrew Johnson, Martin Kelly, Joe Ledley, Adrian Mariappa, Patrick McCarthy, Jason Puncheon, Jerome Thomas, Joel Ward, Wilfried Zaha. Everton (8) - Leighton Baines, Gareth Barry, Darron Gibson, Tony Hibbert, Phil Jagielka, Conor McAleny, James McCarthy, Leon Osman. Hull City (13) - Sone Aluko, Robert Brady, Alex Bruce, James Chester, Curtis Davies, Michael Dawson, Steve Harper, Tom Huddlestone, Thomas Ince, Jake Livermore, Paul McShane, Stephen Quinn, Liam Rosenior. Leicester City (17) - Marc Albrighton, Adam Dawson, Ritchie De Laet, Danny Drinkwater, Ben Hamer, Dean Hammond, Matthew James, Andy King, Paul Konchesky, Wes Morgan, David Nugent, Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Adam Smith, Matthew Upson, Jamie Vardy, Chris Wood. Liverpool (9) - Joe Allen, Fabio Borini, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Glen Johnson, Brad Jones, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Daniel Sturridge. Manchester City (8) - Dedryck Boyata, Gael Clichy, John Guidetti, Joe Hart, Frank Lampard, James Milner, Scott Sinclair, Richard Wright. Manchester United (12) - Ben Amos, Michael Carrick, Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher, Phil Jones, Jesse Lingard, Rafael da Silva, Davide Petrucci, Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling, Marnick Vermijl, Ashley Young. Newcastle United (9) - Sammy Ameobi, Jack Colback, Paul Dummett, Robert Elliot, Tim Krul, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Haris Vuckic, Michael Williamson. Queens Park Rangers (18) - Joey Barton, Steven Caulker, Richard Dunne, Maximilian Ehmer, Rio Ferdinand, Robert Green, Karl Henry, Clint Hill, Junior Hoilett, Alex McCarthy, Brian Murphy, Jordon Mutch, Nedum Onuoha, Matthew Phillips, Adel Taarabt, Armand Traore, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Bobby Zamora. Southampton (9) - Ryan Bertrand, Nathaniel Clyne, Jack Cork, Kelvin Davis, Steven Davis, Fraser Forster, Shane Long, Jay Rodriguez, Morgan Schneiderlin. Stoke City (12) - Phil Bardsley, Asmir Begovic, Peter Crouch, Robert Huth, Stephen Ireland, Victor Moses, Ryan Shawcross, Steven Sidwell, Jonathan Walters, Glenn Whelan, Andrew Wilkinson, Marc Wilson. Sunderland (12) - Liam Bridcutt, Wes Brown, Will Buckley, Lee Catermole, Danny Graham, Adam Johnson, Billy Jones, Sebastian Larsson, Vito Mannone, John O'Shea, Jack Rodwell, Patrick van Aanholt. Swansea City (12) - Kyle Bartley, Leon Britton, Tom Carroll, David Cornell, Nathan Dyer, Curtis Obeng, Ashley Richards, Wayne Routledge, Jonjo Shelvey, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Neil Taylor, Ashley Williams. Tottenham (6) - Aaron Lennon, Ryan Mason, Kyle Naughton, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend, Kyle Walker. West Brom (10) - Victor Anichebe, Chris Baird, Chris Brunt, Luke Daniels, Craig Dawson, Ben Foster, Craig Gardner, Joleon Lescott, James Morrison, Boaz Myhill. West Ham (13) - Andy Carroll, Carlton Cole, James Collins, Aaron Cresswell, Stewart Downing, Matt Jarvis, Sebastian Lletget, Mark Noble, Kevin Nolan, Joey O'Brien, Alex Song, James Tomkins, Ricardo Vaz Te. Advertisement