Owzat wrote:Most of the French World Class players made their names at big clubs OUTSIDE of France (Zidane, Henry, Desailly, Deschamps, Blanc, Thuram, Lizarazu, Makelele, Anelka........) If they had stayed in France they may well not have become the class they have
They can`t become excellent players outside of France without some basic scills ! And where do they get that - certainly not outside of France, Netherlands, Italy or Spain ! Seems to me that Prem league have a better standard today than a few years back!
English 1.div today is Prem league some 20 yrs ago : Kick and run !! While PL is in the european top 5!