The former Manchester United defender feels that progressing through an academy in England is not necessarily a healthy thing for young players
Mikael Silvestre believes that France have a great deal more success of bringing young players through than England simply because their youngsters are afforded game time at the top level.
France have seen a raft of talented youngsters break into Ligue 1 teams in recent years, with Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele just two of the players to have flourished in the top flight before rapidly establishing themselves as world stars.