Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez is your typical Premier League player now - older and with a football education from abroad « Manchester City News manchestercitynews.net/arsenal-star-alexis-sanchez-is-your-typical-premier-league-player-now-older-and-with-a-football-education-from-abroad/ Premier League players are more likely than ever to have spent their formative years abroad, with 59 per cent now from overseas and less than 12 per cent coming through academies.