If a single one of what passes for football journalists in this country wanted a simple and basic encapsulation of the difference between us and them, then all they would have to do is compare the performances today of Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva.
Two high profile Portuguese midfielders, on the face of it.
An arrogant, diving, cheating, lazy, arm-waving disgrace, a parody of a team player, who when he wasn’t bitching at the referee was castigating his teammates.
That was versus a humble, skillful, hard-working, perpetual motion, ball retaining blur of brilliance and amazingly fast little feet.
Reminder that the shrieking mole rat cost £20m more and is on £80k a week more btw