Comments on: The power shift within European football http://backpagefootball.com/the-power-shift-within-european-football/52838/ Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kevin http://backpagefootball.com/the-power-shift-within-european-football/52838/comment-page-1/#comment-470022 Kevin Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:10:27 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=52838#comment-470022 Fascinating how 3 months ago a power shift to Germany seemed nothing more than a possibility in the future and now, it seems to be nearly completed…

]]> By: John Shiels http://backpagefootball.com/the-power-shift-within-european-football/52838/comment-page-1/#comment-419470 John Shiels Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:28:08 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=52838#comment-419470 You could have a point here, particularly with the other teams in Germany having to strengthen to compete with Bayern.

I think the lack of stability among England’s top clubs is a factor, though. Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Liverpool have had major upheavals to deal with in the last year. Then you have Mancini, who seemed intent upon fixing that which wasn’t broken at City.

Having said all that, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the two best academy systems on the continent should eventually produce the two best leagues.

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