I think your article is well written and all that, but I’m pretty sure, your arguments are mistaken.

Of course Arsene Wenger does the job, he’s been hired to do. He’s hired to win trophies with Arsenal, and he clearly thinks, foreign players are the best helpers he can get to do this for him. The problem is, as I see it, that Wenger is a foreigner himself and therefore prefers players with qualities more cherished in his homeland (France). That leaves an entire club not producing any English talent, and you can argue all you want, but your argument will always bite itself in the ass: Wenger is hired to do his job, yes, but he’s still a foreigner. And yes he’s not hired to produce English talent, and he doesn’t… but isn’t it bad for the development of English footballers regardless of his job description?

I think you miss the point in the debate a little bit. It’s not a matter of whether the foreigners ruin the EPL, because they clearly don’t, since the EPL is now the most beloved league in the world. It’s a matter of the foreigners ruining the development of English footballers, because there are not enough talent coming through the ranks due to foreign influence and players.

Of course you can name quite a few good English players, even young ones. But the number of really qualified English players for the future is very low considering the size of the country. Italy, Spain (who have other issues), France, Argentina, Brazil can all produce at least 2 teams of really high quality…England struggle to find 1, and it won’t change anytime soon.

And naturally you can argue that luck (or lack of luck) has played its part in England not winning, but the thing is… England hasn’t even come close for a really long time. Can one team really find bad luck (or lack of luck) so many times, when other countries of similar size once in a while are lucky enough to go all the way.

I think it’s reasonable to argue that England hasn’t got the sufficient amount of talent, and that the talent there is isn’t varied enough to go all the way.

For the English, if you want English football played by English, watch some Championship or League One games. The EPL is a worldwide league at this point. It’s a better league because of it.

Look at the carling cup side that played Newcastle, he fielded over 5 British players, all of whom he believes in, in a few years, they will break into the first team because they’re talented, unlike some of the british players already in EPL teams who suck real bad.