Poll: Are there too many foreign players in the Premier League?
England will continue to fail as long as the Premier League is dominated by foreign players, according to the captain of Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning team.
Carlos Alberto yesterday said that English football must change if it is to revive the national team.
A huge fan of the English game and its dynamism, Alberto said he was sad but not surprised at the early demise of Roy Hodgson's side.
"The English team is the reality of English football. If they do not change the rules of the Premier League they won't go far," he said.
"There are so many foreign players playing in the Premier League they don't give a chance for the young players to be in the first team.
"Go to Arsenal, how many foreign players? Go to Liverpool . . . go to Manchester City, how many foreign players? They don't give a chance to the young players."
Alberto, an ambassador for Brazil 2014, said his own experience in the US as a member of the star-studded New York Cosmos side in the 1970s demonstrated how foreign imports can hold back a national team.
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