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Welcome to Dev's Digest, a regular Sky Sports column in which Asian Football Award winner Dev Trehan delivers exclusive news and reflects on some of the key developments for British South Asians in Football. <p>Indian football chiefs are increasingly confident that diaspora footballers from Britain will be allowed to play for the national team, <em>Sky Sports News</em> can exclusively reveal.</p><p>Current rules prevent Indian-heritage footballers abroad from playing for the national side unless they surrender their overseas passport.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre"><strong>Transfer Centre LIVE!</strong></a> | <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/transfer-paper-talk"><strong>Papers - latest headlines</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/32413/13564388/devs-digest"><strong>Dev's Digest: Singh on set, Mannu and Malik on the move</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/topic/9087/south-asians-in-football"><strong>British South Asians in Football: Latest News</strong></a></li></ul><p>That has prevented British Indians from earning international recognition and the opportunity to help India break back into the world's top 100 FIFA-ranked nations.</p><p>But one senior official has told <em>Sky Sports News</em> he is "convinced" the path will be cleared to allow eligible overseas footballers to represent India.</p><widget id="10"></widget><p>Reacting exclusively to <em>Sky Sports News,</em> former Mumbai City FC chief operating officer <strong>Arunava Chaudhuri </strong>said: "We are closer than we've ever been to seeing Overseas Citizens of India representing the Blue Tigers.</p><p>"Diaspora footballers from Europe can take the Indian team to another level.</p><p>"We're now talking about something that potentially extends beyond football, with the next Commonwealth Games coming to Ahmedabad, and their bid for the 2036 Olympic Games."</p> <widget id="16"></widget><p><em>Sky Sports News </em>has followed the story of Indian-origin British footballers trying to play for India for more than a decade.</p><p>In 2014, <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11728/9549132/indian-super-league">former Newcastle striker <strong>Michael Chopra</strong> told <em>Sky Sports News</em> he was ready to play for India</a> and that cricket great <strong>Sachin Tendulkar</strong> was ready to help him fulfil that desire.</p> <widget id="22"></widget><p>In 2017, <strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11699/10940401/wolves-skipper-danny-batth-left-frustrated-by-his-quest-to-play-for-india">Danny Batth,</a></strong> who has just signed for Millwall and whose father was in born in Punjab, told <em>Sky Sports News</em> senior correspondent Rob Dorsett about his desire to play for India.</p><h3>West Ham chief Virani targets Premier League return</h3><p>West Ham interim chief executive officer <strong>Karim Virani</strong> wants the club to continue driving positive change, but admits the main goal is to make an immediate return to the Premier League.</p> <widget id="8"></widget><p>The Hammers beat Leeds United in their final game last season, but it wasn't enough to prevent them from finishing 18th and suffering relegation.</p><p>"As we look ahead to the new [league] season, it's less than a week now and we have our first match, which has come around incredibly quickly," Virani said.</p><ul><li><strong>Got Sky? 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