Football balance of power heading East?

Take a look at the quarter finalists and semi finalists of the Euro 2008 football finals in Switzerland and Austria, and one thing is clear, the quality of football in Eastern Europe is going up and up. Turkey, Croatia, Russia all in the quarter finals, Turkey and Russia in the semi finals.

Calls now for Russia’s Arshavin to be sold to a premier league team in England, but Zenit St Petersburg, Arshavin’s owners will have other ideas. There is big money in Russian football now, GAZPROM et al are priming the pumps and quality footballers are now being churned out by formerly selling clubs.

Traditional football powers in Europe like Italy and Holland take note, there are new kids on the block, and they don’t come from Western Europe. What a great competition it has been , the Euro 2008 finals have been so much easier to watch without the participation, WAGS and all of the over the top in everything except practicing football, team of England.

Regarding professional English football, is rolling up at 10am in ones Porsche, doing an hour or so practice,  then finished before lunch really the right way go?

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