Manchester United defender Gary Neville doesn’t believe that new Premier League rules restricting overseas players will benefit the England national team.
Last season all Premier League clubs voted on the introduction of a quotas system on the number of foreign players in a match day squad.
The new rules state that clubs must name a squad of up to 25 players, with 8 of those being ‘home-grown’ players, with no more than 17 of those players being allowed to be over the age of 21 and not home-grown.
However, Neville doesn’t believe the regulations will aid the development of the national team in the future.
"In terms of what can be changed to improve England's prospects in future, it is quite difficult to change the whole English structure just to benefit the national team,” Neville wrote for the Sunday Times.
“The Premier League is one of the best in the world and we accommodate foreign players.”
"My view is that if English players are good enough they will come through. We already have community and school programmers.
“You could argue that the academy system needs to be improved, but there is no secret formula. England will always produce good players, but so do other countries and we can't stop them doing that."
The quality of England players has been questioned following their exit from the World Cup at the hands of a youthful German side.
Three Lions boss Fabio Capello is now expected to call on younger players when he picks his team for a friendly with Hungary next month at Wembley.
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