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A study of Europe's top clubs says Argentine footballers are catching up with Brazilians as the favored foreigners to sign.
The Professional Football Players Observatory says that Brazil still had the most players with top-tier clubs in Europe's five highest-ranked leagues, but its lead over Argentina was 139-120 last season. The gap had been 60.
France sent 106 players to English, German, Italian and Spanish top divisions.
The Swiss-based report says clubs employed 42.6 percent of players from abroad. England's Premier League was almost 60 percent foreign.
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Arsenal gave 93.3 percent of playing time to non-English players, edging European champion Inter Milan.
Athletic Bilbao fielded only Spanish players.
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