The English League Is The Best in The World, Because It's Not English!

The Premier League - the most exciting, breathtaking and dramatic league in the world. The best league in the world.

Unfortunately, the only English thing about the English league now is where it's held, and even that may take a blow soon with the proposed 39th game, which has been supported by Abu Dhabi United.

The foriegn influx in the Premier League is helping the game, after all, if we were only allowed English players then we wouldn't be a force in Europe. There probably wouldn't even be enough English players to go round.

But the extent to which it has happened could prove harmful to English Leagues. First are the obvious problems. The richer clubs can bring in better players, therefore widening the gap between themselves and the chasing pack.

The Premier League clubs can attract better players than Championship clubs, widening the gap between those two divisions also, and so it goes on.

Then come the other problems. UEFA's regulations of at least 8 homegrown players, including four trained at your own club, causes some managers to have a big decision to make.

The most notable example of this is at Liverpool, where Sami Hyypia, a long-serving Liverpool legend, has been omitted from the Champions League squad so the likes of Stephen Darby can come in, as they have been trained at the club.

Personally, I would've included Hyypia ahead of the likes of N'gog, but whichever way you look at it, there is going to be casualties.

It's not just the players either. I believe that the amount of foreign players in the league is down to the amount of foreign managers in the league, which could also be attributed to the amount of foreign owners. It's a vicious domino effect.

Half of the Premier League's 20 teams now have foreign owners. They are: Aston Villa, Bolton, Chelsea, Fulham, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Portsmouth, Sunderland and West Ham.

Newcastle could soon join this group if Mike Ashley decides to sell up to Indian billionaire Anil Ambani, who is also reportedly interested in Everton.

Three of these teams also have foreign managers, making them all foreign clubs. Those three are Liverpool, Chelsea and Sunderland. West Ham also look set to join that group with the imminent arrival of a foreign manager, thought to be Gianfranco Zola.

Arsenal and Tottenham both have foreign managers with English owners. Surprisingly, only four clubs have both English owners and an English manager. These are: Blackburn Rovers, Middlesborough, West Brom, and Wigan. Everton have an English owner but a Scottish manager, making them an all-British club.

Whether you think this globalisation of the Premier League is good or not, one cannot deny that it's working. Two English teams in the Champions League final last season speaks for itself.

Both UEFA and FIFA have developed proposed initiatives specifically to deal with this problem.

It's debatable whether it is damaging the national side, but I don't believe that if the Premier League got rid of all it's foreign owners, foreign managers and most of the foreign players, we would win the World Cup.

Unfortunately for some, fortunately for others, I can't see the 'English' Premier League going back, in fact, I can one day see it being completely international, with few, if any English managers and owners at all.