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You left out Mcmanaman, Woodgate, Ince and the Ferdinands (Anton + Les I believe) whilst wildly underselling Beckham but you're right only the top (for the most part) players have gone abroad...however, you often hear of other less stellar talents being given the chance to go abroad and turning...

I don't believe that they do, nor did I say that I did. I don't doubt that for many it's the paycheck or the prestige that make the player want to move on the first place, but they would still be gaining the experience of playing abroad regardless of reason for being there. As I said, I don't...

Ignoring, for a bit, the many valid points raised already, I often find myself wondering whether the insular mentality of our players has something to do with it. If you look at the teams in the quarter finals, many of them have some (or all) of their key players plying their trade abroad...