All good things come to an end and maybe a golden age of Premier League football has run its course almost without anybody realising it. We hear talk of Premier League players being worn out by the schedule and hindered by the lack of a winter break. In the last two decades, 41 English clubs have made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League - just over two per seasonBack then English clubs were front and centre in the Champions League. Over time, the Premier League gave rise to fresh excellence and it was reflected by renewed prominence in Europe. The number of English clubs in the last eight of the Champions League over the last two decades?

Source: Daily Mail March 19, 2026 16:01 UTC