English Players playing abroad

A BBC report last season found that, on an average weekend, only about one in three starting Premier League footballers are English, so why do those squeezed out at home not try their luck abroad?
It is a question I put to former Chelsea, Tottenham and England coach Glenn Hoddle, who is trying to address the problem with his new academy in southern Spain for players who have been released at a young age by professional clubs.

"I don't think we work on technique as much as we should do," Hoddle said.

"I think it goes down to eight, nine and 10-year-olds. Frankly, I don't think players in England play with their heads up as they do abroad.

"Continental players see a picture quicker than English players and if have that and you have better technique, then you are going to have an advantage.

"At those young ages, where they are like sponges and can take things in, I don't think we coach enough, teaching them to play with your head up so they can do the next thing.

"My experience of coaching in England is that in many cases the first thought is of how tall and strong players are and whether they can get box-to-box.

"If that is the priority, the smaller players with better techniques can get left aside and that's a conundrum we find ourselves with."

But what do you think? Are English footballers simply not technically good enough to interest top European clubs, or are there other more important reasons for the seeming reluctance to travel?

Is it a language or cultural barrier, or has the money on offer in the Premier League served to kill any ambition of playing abroad?

What's the answer and is there a solution?

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A43179212

what do you think is the problem?

i would say right now they have a lack of talent in the youth aswell.
can't really tell a lot about the training in the UK since i am from austria.
but austria and germany have faced the same problems.
look at the youngsters austria is dishing out right now with prosenik, arnautovic, alaba etc.

One thing I can say is that I think South Americans are so good because football is their life, at risk of generalizing, the alternative to them most of the time is drugs or crime so even though their training facilities are not as good, they play football from a young age and are committed to it!


I guess in England where the living conditions are comparatively much better, the youths think "if I don't make it here I can always study and get a job", and so they are less willing to play their hearts out in that sense so even though the training facilities are way better they are not as committed.

thats solves the question of lack of english talent in the top division, but I think the reason is because english players find it hard to adjust, and most examples that people use e.g. owen wasn't that good, therefore putting things off english players wise. However this can't be incoroprated into fm because, it is too complicated.