AFTER Friday's quarter-final draw, two English Premiership clubs - Arsenal and Liverpool against themselves, Manchester United meet AS Roma and Chelsea against Fenerbache. There's a big chance to see three clubs EPL in semi finals, and it seems the Champions League now appear to lead from England to Moscow in May.
The word English is almost as misleading as the description "champion." Liverpool started only two home-bred players against Inter, which had no Italian on its team sheet. Arsenal
regularly lines up without any English blood, Chelsea and Manchester United blend British with global talents.
Furthermore, none of the four clubs has an English coach while Liverpool is owned by a couple of squabbling Americans, Manchester's ruling family is based in Florida, Chelski
belongs to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. It is an even money bet whether Russian or American suitors end up buying Arsenal.
So, England's domination depends on the money, the motives, and the movements of foreigners. The English Premier League's gargantuan global TV rights might not last forever, and the leaders of FIFA and UEFA, the governing bodies of world and European soccer, seek to impose a quota system on imported players throughout.(***)
English will dominate Europe ?
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