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Fewer than a third of the players who started in English Football's top tier at the weekend were English. Figures from The Times calculate that non-English players made up 66.8% of the starting line ups on the opening weekend of the new season. Oliver Kay, the newspaper's Chief Football Correspondent, said Premier League clubs have a "moral duty" to give home-grown players the "best opportunity" at the highest level. "Managers and owners feel like they're under such pressure to stay in the league, or to get into the top four, that they go for short term fixes," said Kay. "They're going abroad - I can understand in terms of the expense of buying English players." "I would like a system that would get young players and home-grown players on the pitch as long as they qualify as home-grown coming through the club's academy. I think that would be healthy," he added. This clip is originally from 5 live Drive Tuesday 11 August 2015.