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Hodgson paints bleak picture for rising young England stars

England coach Roy Hodgson believes England's brightest young stars will always struggle to break into the top Premier League sides because of expensive foreign imports. "There's always going to be a problem. It's ridiculous to try to suggest there isn't," Hodgson said.

"The players we're looking at who could be good enough to play for England at 18, 19, 20 years of age are quite often playing in the top five or six clubs. That's where the biggest stars are, and where the biggest money is and where the biggest chance of a blockage is in getting into the team."

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