Aston Villa's English revolution
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When Martin O'Neill was passed over for the top job at Soho Square, he didn't bear a grudge. He simply used Aston Villa to build his own England team.
Never mind that the Irish manager lost out in the race to succeed Steve McClaren in 2007. Perhaps his preparation for that FA interview afforded him rare insight.
O'Neill's investment in home-grown talent stands at £82.9m, three times the cash he has splashed abroad. Of course, the trend over the past decade has been to cherry-pick the best talent from overseas.
Arsene Wenger has plucked unknowns from France. Jose Mourinho used a core of Portuguese players to stunning effect at Chelsea. Rafael Benitez headed to Spain for vital components in Liverpool's title chase. And Sir Alex Ferguson has used Manchester United's worldwide web of scouts to his best advantage.
That is not - and is never likely to be - O'Neill's way. 'There is a perception that there aren't any young English players about,' he said. 'I believe that there are.'
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and now finally Fabian Delph has left Leeds after countless transfer rumours since two seasons ago.
Hopefully all the hype is worth it.
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This is wat i call an english team.
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de team looks not bad hor.. most of them like regular england call-ups..
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Someone should buy steven taylor from newcastle even though he said he's not leaving newcastle.
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but Frediel > Steven Taylor
I think Carson > Steven Taylor -
Originally posted by Y_Shun:
but Frediel > Steven Taylor
I think Carson > Steven Taylor
steven taylor is not a gk btw -
Originally posted by mlmersrlosers:
steven taylor is not a gk btwoh no!
dman i tot its steve harper
classic mixup