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Greg Dyke believes it is "pretty depressing" that Manchester City are poised to win the Premier League on Sunday with only two English players regularly in their starting lineup.
The FA chairman, who has sparked widespread opposition to his proposal for top-flight clubs to operate B teams in the lower divisions, said the scarcity of English talent at Manchester City – who will claim the title if they win or draw against West Ham – and Chelsea highlighted the problems his controversial FA commission report was attempting to address.
"It's been a great league this year," Dyke said. "I think the Premiership has been brilliant. But I think there are probably two [regular] England players playing at City [Joe Hart and James Milner], and two or three at Chelsea [John Terry, Gary Cahill and Frank Lampard], although there won't be that many next year – that's pretty depressing.
"I think the figures that we produced, that the top four clubs last year averaged 29% English players starting last year, down to 23% this year, I think we should be worried about that."
Although he praised Brendan Rodgers for http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/10/greg-dyke-manchester-city-league-english-players
The FA chairman, who has sparked widespread opposition to his proposal for top-flight clubs to operate B teams in the lower divisions, said the scarcity of English talent at Manchester City – who will claim the title if they win or draw against West Ham – and Chelsea highlighted the problems his controversial FA commission report was attempting to address.
"It's been a great league this year," Dyke said. "I think the Premiership has been brilliant. But I think there are probably two [regular] England players playing at City [Joe Hart and James Milner], and two or three at Chelsea [John Terry, Gary Cahill and Frank Lampard], although there won't be that many next year – that's pretty depressing.
"I think the figures that we produced, that the top four clubs last year averaged 29% English players starting last year, down to 23% this year, I think we should be worried about that."
Although he praised Brendan Rodgers for http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/10/greg-dyke-manchester-city-league-english-players
