Whilst it certainly may seem futile looking back on the way football used to be with rose-tinted glasses and an oblivious disregard for the progress that’s been made since then, it nonetheless has to be said that certain aspects of the modern game just don’t seem quite right in the cold light of day.
One of the major defining issues currently rife within English football as we know it, seemingly arrives as the problem of youth development – or in other words – the distinct lack of home-grown stars in most of the first team starting XI’s throughout the Premier League. Back when football was less commercialised and enjoyed as a more subtle form of entertainment, such an issue simply wouldn’t have arisen.
However, in the here and now, English football is currently being over-run by several foreign club owners with little regard to the long-term stability of their assets. The rapidly increasing, and ever reaching, popularity of the Premier League has completely blown up on the word stage, and sent a fresh wave of enthusiasm that isn’t exclusively based on growing this country’s footballing future.
So then, even though the globalized nature of the English top-flight does invariably bring with it a great deal of excitement and sensation, we are nevertheless left to ask whether or not the Premier League has actually decided to forget all about youth development in the modern era? – based on the precarious direction the English game currently seems to be heading in…
Before the real bulk of this particular discussion can truly get underway though, let’s just remember that big name foreign signings from some Europe’s very best footballing ranks, will always find a home among the Premier League and its dedicated hoard of supporters from across the country.
That’s just the way it will be it seems. Since the television revenue cash started to circulate within the English game and it’s top flight specifically, high profile stars from some of the best teams in the world have inevitably been attracted to the bright lights of the Premier League, and all the external sensation that constantly follows the footballers who provide the action.
As English players currently hold little significance when compared to their counterparts from the rest of Europe and South America, it almost makes sense that most of the top Premier League starting XI’s actually include very few home-grown stars.
English footballers have been largely over-priced in recent years, players from more obscure footballing nations are growing in stature with every passing season – and as foreign stars have generally been singled out as far superior than their home-grown colleagues – most clubs tend to look elsewhere in the transfer market when it comes to sourcing real quality at a reasonable price.
However, whilst it’s easy to see why home-grown stars are seemingly becoming rarer and rarer in the modern era, that doesn’t make the situation right or sustainable in any way, shape or form. If the foreign investment stops flowing into the Premier League sooner than expected, then this nation might just find itself even further on its knees when it comes to representing England on the international stage.
Gone are the days when skilful, reliable teams would be made up of mostly home-grown players – and with all the extra foreign talent also looking to make their way to the Premier League these days – English players just don’t seem to be given enough of a chance in their respective starting XI’s. When they do though, as Southampton have tried to implicate recently, such cubs inevitably see their home-grown stars taken from under thier noses, and sent on their way to more high profile clubs who just can't offer the same frequency of first team football.
Most of the regular first teamers at Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea invariably find themselves with foreign origins. The same just can’t be said across the rest of Europe, and it has ultimately begun to show dramatically whenever England stake their claim at a World Cup or Euro’s. You just wouldn’t find Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus or Bayern Munich sporting mostly non-home-grown stars, would you?
The people in charge of the English game seemingly aren’t too bothered with the situation at this stage in the game however. As long as the money continues flowing, then the growing deterioration of youth development in this country can be readily swept under the table. Whilst certain home-grown quotas and financial fair play regulations have admittedly been put in place recently, the problem has seemingly only intensified.
The likes of Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph have eventually made their way to Manchester City this summer, but how much game time each player will receive nonethelessarrives anyone’s guess at the minute.
Unless clubs significantly drop their over-valuations of their English stars, then the issue will only continue to go round and round in circles with every passing transfer window – and the decision to buy foreign will ultimately remain the most sensible one in this current footballing climate.
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