Quote Originally Posted by pjlincs View Post
Haven't all the current elite England players come through the Academy system?
Probably true. Seems to be too late by then though, hence all the foreign players in the Premier League; more than half the total. For comparison, La Liga is over 80% Spanish.

And only in Germany do English players make the top ten foreign nationalities. How come we're not producing more of the players that ANYONE actually wants. Why is almost any random straniero we sign not only cheaper but also at least as competent as his local, homegrown counterparts.