Remember when Serie A and La Liga had the likes of Rijkaard, Van Basten, Romario, Stoijhkov, Michael Laudrup, Baresi, Platini etc?

This is ridiculous. The English were being beaten to the best players back in the 80s and 90s by La Liga and Serie A. Did they complain? No, they stuck around, made sure the distribution rights of the PL didn’t cripple the other clubs (ahem, Real Madrid and Barcelona) and are now reaping the benefits of those decisions.

I have absolutely zero sympathy for the plights of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico or those other Serie A clubs.

As long as we keep signing and extending players on stupid wages instead of using incentives and target based salaries, this will keep happening.

Dalot and Mount comes to mind.

He’s not as aesthetically pleasing as some other PL legends, plus he plays for City, whose successes a number of football fans are ambivalent about.