Quote Originally Posted by redgunamo View Post
Probably true. Seems to be too late by then though, hence all the foreign players in the Premier League; more than half the total. For comparison, La Liga is over 80% Spanish.

And only in Germany do English players make the top ten foreign nationalities. How come we're not producing more of the players that ANYONE actually wants. Why is almost any random straniero we sign not only cheaper but also at least as competent as his local, homegrown counterparts.
Is part of that not economics?

My Juve mate rates Calafiore but they couldn't spend ÂŁ40m on a defender. {Would rather get Kiwior for half that.}

So no-one in Italy, France, Germany or Spain outside the big two would ever dream of paying the ÂŁ70m CPFC want for that Guelhi or however it's spelled.

In the old days, the Frogs bought Hoddle/Waddle, the Wops Gazza/Ince/Platt etc.

Now it's the other way 'round.