Manchester United bigger than England, says Rio Ferdinand

Why would he lie and say the opposite. e's just saying what everyone already knows.

Every Englishman knows England are a waste of time. (can't help but watch though)

i agree with you. but thats mostly the clubs fault.
i said this before....if you look at the leagues you mentioned (spain, germany, etc) the ratio of home grown players to import is like 80:20 or 70:30 whereas in england its the other way around. the imports are outnumbering the home grown players 70:30.

with stats like that its hard to get england competitive. if you look at spain, germany etc, when it comes time to choose a player for a certain position, they have a plethora of choices (5 or 6 choices at least). England has 1 or 2. English clubs need to start focusing on home grown talent if they plan to come up in world football. but you get clubs like chelsea and man city who don't believe in bringing up youth players. and then theres arsenal who raises all foreign youth players. its lose lose.

i doubt that's the only reason and i doubt what you said even applies to half of the team

the truth is england just suck when it comes to performing on the big stage