You'd be forgiven for adhering to the bout of pessimism prevalent at the moment given the state of English football clubs' performances in Europe. Chelsea's away goal Champions League exit to PSG, combined with Arsenal and Man City's precarious second-leg tie status, are again damning evidence for another year that English football is dwindling on the European stage. To add to that, Liverpool and Tottenham are both out of the Europa League and only Everton, rooted to 14th in the Premier League, six points above relegation after 29 games, have any attachment left to the continent. The hypothesis that you deduce from that is fairly straightforward; for all of the glamour and decadence that...
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