If there’s ever been an alarming statistic to illustrate the gradual decline of English football, the last round of Champions League matches might retain it. Only eight English players started games in Match Day 4, with five of those coming from Manchester United and not a single Arsenal representative. To put that into some context for you, courtesy of Opta, Spain and Brazil boasted 44 and 38 starters respectively, with France and Germany not too far behind on 27 and 22. England’s paltry eight was matched by Croatia and Turkey – and we wonder why our national team has fallen so drastically from grace in recent years? Despite that startling revelation we have to acknowledge the...
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