article_snippet: In England, the usual excuses were aired but it is to be hoped the big clubs are looking at what the big clubs might do to improve as well as grumbling about how the system is stacked against the big clubs.
article_snippet: Let’s start with the favourite complaint of the managers who overlook how the extra income from the Europa League should improve the extra income from the Champions League squad, if spent wisely.
article_snippet: There are also the restrictions of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules but English clubs do not want for income, thanks to a bumper television deal, which is about to get even bigger.
article_snippet: In England wealth confuses strategy.
article_snippet: Clubs have realigned for the Moneyball generation with sporting directors, finance experts and sports scientists involved in transfers while coaches are marginalised.
article_snippet: Squads lack balance and big-money investments sit on the bench because managers cannot — or will not — accommodate managers.
article_snippet: What is United’s recruitment strategy?