The academy graduate at every Premier League club who has played the most minutes this season

The academy graduate at every Premier League club who has played the most minutes this season
Every Premier League club wants to have successful home-grown talent in their squads.There is no greater feeling than watching one of your own come through your team’s academy and develop into a top footballer.Getty9

Mark Noble is West Ham’s home-grown hero and continues to be a key player and their inspiring captain

With stricter squad rules meaning top-flight sides must ‘contain no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the “Home Grown Player” (HGP) criteria’.The criteria on an HGP is a player who, irrespective of 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, before his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21).Even with these rules in place, though,two Premier League sides failed to play a single academy graduate, others more than made up for it though with some fielding several players who have come through the ranks.But which superstar graduates played the most minutes at each club? TheSportsman.com looked into the numbers and you can see the results below. Arsenal – Alex Iwobi (1968 minutes played)Getty Images9

Arsenal star Alex Iwobi continued his development at the Emirates this campaign with some tidy performances.

Bournemouth – Jack Simpson (403 minutes played)Brighton – Lewis Dunk (3153 minutes played)Getty Images9

Dunk is a vital part of the Seagulls’ squad and has formed an excellent partnership with Shane Duffy.

Burnley – Dwight McNeil (1598 minutes played)Cardiff – N/AChelsea – Ruben Loftus-Cheek (982 minutes played)Getty9

Loftus-Cheek has scored 10 goals in all competitions for Chelsea this season but is now set for a long-term absence through injury

Crystal Palace – Aaron Wan-Bissaka (3135 minutes played)Everton – Tom Davies (976 minutes played)Fulham – Ryan Sessegnon (2294 minutes played)Getty9

Youngster Sessegnon has proved he’s got Premier League potential and is now set to leave Craven Cottage

Huddersfield – Matty Daly (73 minutes played)Leicester – Ben Chilwell (3240 minutes played)Liverpool – Trent Alexander-Arnold (2467 minutes played)Getty Images9

The 20-year-old right-back has been a key man for the last two seasons at Anfield.

Manchester City – Phil Foden (327 minutes played)Manchester United – Marcus Rashford (2343 minutes played)Getty Images9

Rashford was a bright spot in a dark campaign for the Red Devils

Newcastle – Paul Dummett (1986 minutes played)Southampton – James Ward-Prowse (1942 minutes played)Tottenham – Harry Kane (2427 minutes played)Getty Images9

It’s been an injury-riddled season but Kane has still played a huge amount of minutes

Watford – N/AWest Ham – Declan Rice (3004 minutes played)Wolves – Morgan Gibbs-White (647 minutes played)Getty Images9

Gibbs-White has impressed during his cameos for Wolves this season

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