aftermath for underperfoming teams..england, france and italy etc

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@Orpheus

GA, the same can be said of Italian football, ok they won it last time, luckily i must add.

Just the other day, Cannavaro was mentioning it in the aftermath of their failing at the WC, is that they to do not have talent coming thru, u can go thru their top sides in Serie A and they are dominated by South American players, not one Italian was in the Inter Milan team that recently won the treble.

I agree with your comment on foreign players in our league has hindered the development of young talent coming thru, but it also the failing of youth development i have a gripe with, they do not teach/nurture the must needed skills to make it has a good player, ball control, techincal ability, etc. and because of these failing we can’t produce a ‘messi’ or and ‘ozil’ etc. like other european countries can.

Not quite, while Inter has always had a more international flavour, when you look at the next 5 teams, there is quite a bit of italian talent.

youth development is a huge issue in england, and one that needs to be addressed. I for one was unhappy when they lifted the limit on foreign players with the whole EU thing, it has been bad for england. there was not a dilemma like england is in now, going back to 80s and 90s.

However all is not dark, in european u21 championships, for all the lovefest people have to spain and portugal, england did make it to semifinals in 2007 and finals in 2009. something the national team has not been able to do, so the gulf is in developing the u21s the way others have done in the next phases in their careers.