When Arsene Wenger submitted his team to face Crystal Palace in February 2005, he had no idea that it did not contain a single home-grown player. For most of us this naivety was a sign that Arsenal had become suppressed by a foreign influence that was potentially dangerous for English football. Most of us still think as much and so it follows that most of us are equally as naive. Wenger's response to the reporter that pointed out that there were no English players in his 16-man squad was that his team was chosen based upon the quality and attitude of the players, and not their passport. Ar...
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