UEFA president Michel Platini has taken another swipe at the Premiership and it's domination of the Champions League.

"All fans of football in England know in their hearts that this is the case," he told the Observer. "Soon in England you will have no English players, no English managers, just foreign speculators.

"You have to ask yourself what that means for football at a national level. England is the traditional home of football, but do you think that England will ever win the World Cup again? When you look at the statistics right now - when hardly any English players are in the final stages of the Champions League - it is a good question, and the answer is probably no.

"At least it will not happen under the present structures."

Of course, Platini conveniently forgets there were 10 England players in the starting line-ups when Manchester United played Chelsea in May's final.