Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The dearth of English talent......

Taking a look at those players that were eligible to play for England’s U-21 those who either played or made the match day squad numbered only 35% (7 out of 20) saw any match time.

Out of that 35% that played, 57% were from Manchester United, roughly 29% were from Liverpool, and final piece of the pie was Steven Caulker at Swansea. Manchester United also boast the highest ratio of English players in their squad out of the ‘top 4′ teams from last season.

This compares very unfavourably with Spain, Germany and France. No wonder Capello is bailing out after next year – he won’t have players available for a squad come the next World Cup!!!!

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