England: The Real Reason Why They May Never Win Another World Cup

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Published: September 24, 2010

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Ever since 1966, England fans have been waiting for the next team to win the trophy, but that has not happened. In recent years, however, the premiership has been known for having the best league in the world, but are not producing good, homegrown talent unlike Spain and Netherlands.

Many frustrated journalists and fans have blamed the bigger clubs for going abroad and not trusting the national pool that they have at their disposal. I am probably the first person who is going to side with the big clubs in this debate because I am going to blame the managers of the smaller clubs.

A football player will only be as good as the people that they play with or against. This is the reason why established stars like Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes, Frank Lampard, David Beckham, Ashley Cole, and Rio Ferdinand are recognised as national treasures in terms of football.

From a young age, all of these players have been playing at the highest level possible which made them better players in the process. It is a simple formula and it seems that Spain is the only country to figure this out.

Spain won the World Cup in the summer and the whole of their team, bar Capdevilla and Llorente, played for Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, or Valencia.

If we take a look at the England squad, however, there were only three players from Manchester United, four from Chelsea (including Joe Cole), three from Liverpool, and none from Arsenal. These four sides for many years have been considered the best that the English Premier League has had to offer yet they were not represented well in the England team.

The reason for this is because these clubs prefer to shop abroad and I do not blame them one bit. The smaller clubs are ruining the England team’s future and I will explain why.

I will use Arsenal as the first example. Arsene Wenger is known to favour producing young talent instead of buying big name players and ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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