A minimum of three home-grown players per side should be required to start Premier League matches, says Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor, reports BBC Sport. "The success rate has not been good enough," he told BBC Sport.
"If football had been a university, we would have been closed down."
Players union boss Taylor was speaking after England captain Steven Gerrard told the BBC that something needed to be done to expand the pool of players available for the national team.
Premier League sides must include at least eight home-grown players in their 25-man squads; while a similar rule applies in the Champions League and the Europa League.
Taylor wants Uefa to go further and introduce a Europe-wide quota in starting line-ups for all competitions.
"We have a duty to the next generation to give them a chance," he said.
"We should be looking at a minimum of three home-grown players in a starting line-up, irrespective of nationality.
"That sort of number is going to be essential in order to encourage all clubs to give these youngsters a chance to break through.
"The Premier League doesn't want to be at a disadvantage to other countries, so it would have to be applied throughout Europe. Clubs like Bayern and Barcelona would meet that figure."
