On The Continent: Europe’s financial imbalance and the Catalan Glenn Hoddle
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Premier League
The question isn't about competing with the Premier League, is it? The question is about something much more fundamental, perhaps. It says, which league do you think that the vast amount of money affects the most? When you say France on the one hand and Portugal, Portugal, arguably on the other hand, they're both selling countries. What do they do when players reach optimum value? They sell them to the Premier League. You look at Michael Essien going to Chelsea, for example. That's not necessarily a negative thing. It arguably strengthens the French teams that we're talking about. I think those other French teams have learned how to live with it. This essentially is what's happened
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