The Economist har interessert seg for disse rangeringene i artikkelen "How English clubs re-conquered European football" der de også skriver om hva årsaken kan være til at det går opp eller ned i klubbfotballen på toppnivå. De skriver dette om engelsk fotballs nedtur og opptur:
"A decade ago English clubs dominated in Europe. At least one appeared in five consecutive Champions League finals from 2005 to 2009. In 2008 the country could boast the world’s four best teams, according to ClubElo.com, a website which uses the Elo algorithm, originally devised for chess but now widely used in sports, to rank football clubs (see chart). However, the ensuing years were miserable for English clubs, who between them won the Champions League just once, as they tumbled down ClubElo’s rankings. None appeared in the top five in May 2017."
Det er ikke mindre pengebruk på fotball i England som forklarer nedturen. Tvert imot var det slik at denne nedgangperioden i resultater falt sammen med en historisk høy inntektsvekst. Forklaringen på at høyere inntekter ga dårligere resultater i denne perioden er, i følge The Economist, at pengene ble brukt på å kjøpe etablerte og dyre stjernespillere fra de største klubbene, i stedet for å satse på ungt og mer ukjent talent. The Economist skriver:
"English clubs squandered this wealth in the transfer market, by signing established stars rather than precocious youngsters from lesser teams. Some 15% of the Premier League’s transfers since 2016 have come from an elite group of the world’s top 14 clubs, according to 21st Club, a football consultancy, compared with an average of 9% for other major European leagues. Many of these purchases—such as Manchester United’s Alexis Sánchez, Chelsea’s Álvaro Morata and Arsenal’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan—have struggled to reproduce their previously stellar performances. European clubs also know that they can charge profligate English buyers higher fees. 21st Club calculates that Premier League clubs have spent 80% more than their foreign rivals for the same level of talent. However, three English teams have finally seen the error of their ways. Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham have recently spent their transfer dosh on callow players from unfashionable teams—such as Kevin de Bruyne from Wolfsburg, Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim and Son Heung-min from Leverkusen—who have developed into world-beaters. ClubElo now ranks these three teams among Europe’s top five."
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