Portsmouth defender Sylvain Distin is angry with the way the Premiership's foreigners are being blamed for England's failure.

"I'm the sort of guy that when I read in the paper that England don't succeed because of us, I feel a little surprised," the Frenchman told The Sun. "People always look for excuses when they fail. Why do we want to talk about foreigners?

"England didn't fail because there are a lot of foreigners here. England have a good team but sometimes you win, sometimes you lose."

Distin does not agree with the growing number of calls for a limit on foreign players in the Premier League.

He said: "I was asked to come here, I came. I don't stop anyone taking my place who is better than me.

"The Premier League is an attraction to top players and as long as you can communicate I don't see the problem. You can come from Zimbabwe, Peru or England."