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Jamie Carragher says the way managers are treated in the Premier League will impact on the amount of youngsters coming through the ranks at top-flight clubs following Frank de Boer’s sacking at Crystal Palace.
Palace sacked the former Ajax manager after just 77 days as boss, with Roy Hodgson set to replace him at Selhurst Park.
The Dutchman, who succeeded Sam Allardyce in June, lost all four of his Premier League games without scoring - the worst start of any top-flight club in 93 years.
Carragher, speaking on Sky Sports News ahead of Monday Night Football, thinks De Boer's sacking, and the way managers are treated across the game now, will heavily impact on the amount of youngsters coming through at Premier League clubs in the future.
"They could have kept him but this comes from the American owners," Carragher told Sky Sports News. "There's a big fear from them because of the situation they were in last year where they had to make the change last year with Sam Allardyce coming in.
"Owners now, with the investment that they put in and the investment that comes in from the Premier League, there's a pressure there.
"Money just makes the Premier League what it is and we love that about it, but it's also having a negative effect on what it's doing to managers and how that then impacts on young players coming through.
"No manager is now going to take a risk on bringing a young player through if he knows he's only got three or four games to save a job.
"I feel for him because he's new to the league," he added. "He's still experiencing the league and doesn't yet know everything about it. And also he's taken on a group of players, who have been knocking on the door of a relegation year in, year out."
Managers across England have spoken out in support of De Boer with the likes of Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte and Birmingham's Harry Redknapp all saying the Dutchman needed more time at Selhurst Park.
While Carragher agreed with the managers, the former Liverpool defender thinks De Boer's sacking came not because of Palace's four straight defeats, but who they lost to.
"The problem for him is not the four games, it's the teams he played in those four games," Carragher added. "He lost to three relegation rivals.
"He lost away at Anfield which can happen - that was probably their best performance under him, but the problem is not the four defeats. It's who they lost to."
