Premier League clubs could abandon homegrown squad quotas post-Brexit and adopt a more sophisticated system that rewards those who give game-time to England-eligible players, according to the league’s new chief executive Richard Masters.

The Premier League is exploring a “dynamic” system would give clubs greater flexibility in their squad profile as it seeks to end its Brexit impasse with the Football Association over how many non-homegrown players clubs will be eligible to sign after the transition period.

Currently the FA wants to recommend government raising the number of homegrown players in a squad from its existing level of eight to 12, with no work permit restrictions on the other 13. The Premier League wants to keep the number of homegrown players at eight and be given license to recruit the remainder from anywhere in the world. The governing bodies are currently not close to an agreement ahead of the Dec 31 deadline.

Master said: “It can’t just be about quotas and governing body endorsements [the FA prerogative to recommend to the UK government the preferred system] … there’s no reason why that system can’t be reviewable over time, so you measure the success of the system over time and, if it isn’t working, the system corrects itself. I think if we can create a model like that, that is acceptable for both parties, that’s a model worth pursuing.”

In Mexico’s top-flight Liga MX, clubs now have to give 2,000 minutes each full-season to Mexican players of a certain age or face points deductions. Last season the total share of minutes played by England-qualified players [EQPs] in the 380 Premier League games was 29.9 per cent. After the 25th round of matches this season it currently stands at 34.4 per cent. Masters said that the English system, driven by the Elite Player Performance Plan for youth development, was working. He pointed to the success of Gareth Southgate’s team, fourth in the current Fifa rankings.

The Football Association’s tracking of EQPs starting Premier League games puts that total at 34.8 per cent of all minutes, up from 30 per cent last season – an all-time low. Among the big six clubs that figure is 27.2 per cent, up from 20 per cent last season – driven largely by the increase at Chelsea and the newly-promoted Sheffield United, Aston Villa and Norwich City. Spain’s top-flight starters are 60 per cent native, France’s 50 per cent and Italy and Germany both more than 40 per cent.