Players' union chief Gordon Taylor has called for the English game to unite behind the latest proposals to deliver long-term international success.
As part of its response to England's dismal showing at the World Cup this summer, the Football Association yesterday vowed to increase the number of home grown coaches and managers at elite level.
Another English coach will be added to the backroom staff of national team boss Fabio Capello and the FA would like to see the bigger clubs following suit.
Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, has welcomed this both in terms of creating career options for players close to retirement and for the good of the England team.
However, he warns that all elements of the professional game - including powerful Premier League clubs - must come together and agree compromises if necessary.
Taylor told Press Association Sport: "I am pleased to hear this but it is the substance of it that matters - deeds are much more important than the words.
"My worry is that normally after an international failure the same words come out but then the club season starts and everyone forgets.
"It is essential the Premier League is part of the proposals otherwise it can't come off. If it is part of the problem it has also got to be part of the solution.
"We need a committee of inquiry which hears the views of all parts of the game.
"That committee should have representatives of the FA, Premier League, Football League, PFA and LMA [League Managers' Association] and have a mandate to implement things.
"It should not just put forward papers or proposals but have some strength that its recommendations will be adopted.
"Otherwise we have this continual clash between club and country which we have seen for some time."
The issue of increasing opportunities for players to move into coaching is something the PFA has been working on for some time.
Taylor added: "When we didn't qualify for the World Cup in 1994 we took a decision to establish our own coaching department and get as many coach tutors in to encourage players to become qualified coaches.
"We managed to convince the FA to be more flexible and allow top players who didn't have enough time off in summer to get on courses.
"We have got many Premier League players signed up and we are getting the coaches through, providing they can get the opportunities."
One of the other major areas of concern for the PFA is the high proportion of overseas players playing club football in England.
It is widely felt English youngsters are being denied first-team opportunities and Taylor does not believe new regulations requiring a minimum number of eight homegrown players in squads of 25 go far enough.
He said: "It is a nice gesture but at the moment it is just a gesture.
"It won't mean a great deal unless there is some criteria with regard to having those players start the game.
"The pool of players eligible for England has been contracting rapidly since the formation of the Premier League.
"While we do have world-class players it has left the squad vulnerable to any loss of form or injury."
Taylor feels England could not have a greater incentive to get it right than if the country was to win the right to host the 2018 World Cup.
"I just feel we need a definite long-term strategy so that we can perform creditably if we host it, rather than having the embarrassment of not doing well when it is in our backyard," he said.
"But there is no point the different bodies sniping at each other. We have all got to be in it together.
"Experience tells me the only things that work in football are when all parties are around the table and signing into the proposal. We'll keep working at it."