30 Oct 2015

Paul Scholes says English players have 'no chance' to succeed with top clubs' youth squads 'absolutely riddled' with foreigners

Young English players are being squeezed out of the game because top clubs are ‘riddled’ with foreigners, Paul Scholes has claimed.
                                                             Picture credit: Kevin Quigley

The former Manchester United star singled out Arsenal and Chelsea for criticism, claiming that the lack of homegrown talent coming through their youth academies is damaging the England team.

‘You look at Under 16s or Under 17s and it’s absolutely riddled with foreign players,’ said Scholes.
‘What chance does that give to young English players? It gives them virtually no chance.

‘You look at Chelsea and Arsenal’s youth teams and you do well to spot an English player. It’s really sad. There are hardly any players to play for us. It’s nowhere near what it should be and you can see why we struggle.’
Picture Credit: Kieran Mcmanus
The problem was underlined in this week’s Capital One Cup ties with Arsenal giving debuts to Glen Kamara, from Finland, Frenchman Ismael Bennacer, and Krystian Bielik of Poland in their defeat at Sheffield Wednesday.
A fourth young debutant, Alex Iwobi, has played for England at youth level but now decided to represent Nigeria, the country of his birth.
Chelsea, meanwhile, handed a second senior appearance to Bertrand Traore from Burkina Faso in their penalty shootout defeat at Stoke on Tuesday.
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