'Too Many Foreign Players In Premier League'

By Paul Kelso, Sports Correspondent, Rio de Janeiro

England will continue to fail in major competitions as long as the Premier League is dominated by foreign players, according to the captain of Brazil's legendary 1970 World Cup-winning team.

Carlos Alberto, whose strike in the 1970 final against Italy is perhaps the most celebrated of all World Cup goals, told Sky News that English football must change if it is to revive the national team.

A huge fan of the English game and its dynamism, Alberto said he was sad but not surprised at the early demise of Roy Hodgson's side.

"The English team is the reality of English football. If they do not change the rules of the Premier League they won't go far," he said.

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"There are so many foreign players playing in the Premier League they don't give a chance for the young players to be in the first team.

"Go to Arsenal, how many foreign players? Go to Liverpool... go to Manchester City, how many foreign players? They don't give a chance to the young players."

Alberto, an ambassador for Brazil 2014, said his own experience in the US as a member of the star-studded New York Cosmos side in the 1970s demonstrated how foreign imports can hold back a national team.

"In the United States I was there with so many foreign players. But when they opened the door to the American players, ever since at every World Cup the Americans are there.

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"This is what I want to see in English football because I love English football. Every Saturday I get up, I have my breakfast and I put it on. It is the most competitive league."

Alberto, known universally as "The Captain" in Rio, says he is delighted with the progress of the World Cup, claiming it has demonstrated Brazil's innate love of the game.

"We were a little scared at the start about protests but thanks to God, we knew that the Brazilian people would understand how important it was for our country to have a good World Cup. The result has been unbelievable.

"Football for us is like a religion. The Brazilian people understood how important it was. They didn't understand before, but now they do."

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He is equally optimistic about the national team, though he believes winning the 2018 World Cup may be more realistic than this one.

"You know the Brazilian people only accept first place, but because the team are young players they will accept the result. They know that our team is not the number one, but if they are in the final then people will accept it.

"I tell you now, four years before, this team will be number one for the next World Cup in Russia. They will be four years more experienced. Can you imagine Neymar at 26 years old? Oscar in four years time. There are many other players. I think in four years they will be the best team in the world."

And that goal?

"You know even now, it is the one that people still talk about. Can you tell me who scored the second goal? Or the third? Nobody remembers, But my goal, they do. Even now. I thank God I scored it."

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