Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
Almost all of them are their club's best players in their positions, which is why most of them are so highly-rated.

Five of England's starting eleven last night started in the recent Champions League final.
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That’s more or less my point, in the recent all ‘English’ European Cup Final only 7 out of the 22 who started that final were English, out of the 24 subs, 2 were English. In the ‘68 final 7 of the 11 Man Utd starters were English as was their one sub. In ‘77, 9 of Liverpool’s starters were English while all 5 subs were too. At the top, top level the imports have diluted the flow of English talent.