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"Why there is now an assumption that every foreign player is better than an home grown player is beyond belief."

I'm not sure there is an assumption Owd. Fishing for kids in the English pool restricts them to a finite amount of very top prospects to choose from whereas the rest of the world has a much wider choice. The ideal situation is to pick up the young "Fodens" from the English sector and the ones that don't make the grade, pass on to lesser clubs in the UK (or Dortmund). At the same time, scout the world for the cream of a much larger crop who can play at the very highest level to create a title winning team.

In addition, sign the very top established players which other clubs have nurtured to slot into an established team of top young and middling players.

This has been City's strategy, which is bearing fruit.