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Following on from that roylew, trafford had four English starters last night which underlines my point. Just as teams have more English starters than foreigners in the Championship than the Premier League, it follows that teams would have more English starters in the Europa League than the Champions League.

The world class players tend to play in, and qualify for, the top competitions, not a dig at trafford, just fact.

The very top clubs tend to dip into the international pool of world class players whereas English players tend to have a more significant presence in the rest.