The shortlist for the prestigious Ballon d'Or, given to the best player in world football, is dominated by members of Spain's World Cup-winning squad, while just three players from the Premier League have made the running.
English football supporters, pull the duvets back over your heads. As if such a mortifying summer was not enough, the national game has been humiliated once again, a blind eye turned to English players, none of whom have been deemed adequate to make the shortlist for the prestigious Fifa Ballon d'Or award.
Embarrasment for English Premier League less and less each year
Why didn't Tevez make the list??