Manchester United legend Gary Neville fears for English football's future.
Neville believes the top Premier League clubs are killing English football with too many foreign imports.
He told the People: "Twenty five years ago, Liverpool had Irish and Scottish players. United had Scottish players, Irish players, Welsh players. All the top four, five and six teams did - now there's none in the top six.
"There are a few English players, but they're dwindling fast. We all laugh at what is happening to Scotland and Ireland, but it's happening to England too.
"That's not an excuse for our World Cup performance this summer as we should have done a lot better. But kids are getting blocked left, right and centre, and there's no pathway through for them.
"You can say if you're good enough you'll get through, and that may still be the case. But there's certainly less opportunity and it's a big problem in English football.
"In Spain and Germany they're at 60 per cent with homegrown players in their teams, we're at 35 per cent. The fact is there's a balance and I think 50-50 is about right. But at this moment in time we're killing ourselves, there's no doubt about it.
"With United in pre-season, I've been encouraged that the manager has played a lot of younger players. I'd rather see Tyler Blackett play for United than see a new signing."
