“If you go to the clubs, and talk to the academy managers, they all say ‘there are kids but they just can’t get games’. Whilst there is a slight increase in the number of English players playing in the Premier League this year – up from 32 per cent last year to 35 per cent - that is largely down to Burnley being promoted. If Burnley were relegated – and this morning they were 18th - and replaced by Watford - who this morning were second in the Championship – the number would be down to 31 per cent.