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Well quite. But as others have said, perhaps the height of their ambition is earning 25k a week playing for Chelsea reserves or whoever? Whilst I have not watched a huge amount of this World Cup, it is obvious to me that many nations out there are trying their hardest to do as well as they can...

Very few English players have played abroad though, this is not just a recent phenomenon. Only the very gifted have done so (Gazza, Lineker, Waddle, Hoddle, Laurie Cunningham(!), Owen etc) and those with a brand (Beckham). I would suggest it is because generally, English players are not good...