Former England manager Steve McClaren believes legislation is the wrong way to address the problems in the domestic and international game.
McClaren oversaw England's failed bid to qualify for Euro 2008, and the diminishing number of English players in the Premier League was widely believed to have contributed to that failure.
He said: 'People are trying to change (the percentage of English players) through legislation, through quotas.
'I can see that concept but the main one I'm concerned about is improving our players and improving our coaches because if you do that you've got a long-term plan.
'At present we haven't got any British coaches working abroad and that's where you get your education.
'We've imported it in, through players first and managers and coaches after that and eventually, if we're not too careful, we're going to produce a Premier League full of foreign coaches, foreign owners, then where do British coaches come through and manage?'
McClaren oversaw England's failed bid to qualify for Euro 2008, and the diminishing number of English players in the Premier League was widely believed to have contributed to that failure.
He said: 'People are trying to change (the percentage of English players) through legislation, through quotas.
'I can see that concept but the main one I'm concerned about is improving our players and improving our coaches because if you do that you've got a long-term plan.
'At present we haven't got any British coaches working abroad and that's where you get your education.
'We've imported it in, through players first and managers and coaches after that and eventually, if we're not too careful, we're going to produce a Premier League full of foreign coaches, foreign owners, then where do British coaches come through and manage?'
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