Premier League: Dreaming of a transfer of power

At this time, fans of English club football have the right to dream of a transfer of power, when for nearly a decade, the dominance at the top of Europe has been held by teams from Spain.

In the Champions League, in the last 8 seasons, 6 times the championship belongs to Real Madrid or Barcelona. In the Europa League arena, it is no exception when Sevilla and Atletico Madrid also won 5 of the last 7 seasons.

With the Premier League, it has long been known as the most expensive and attractive national championship on the planet. Here gathers rich owners who are willing to spend money to bring in top coaches and world-class players, such as the Russian owner of Chelsea, the Arab owner (Man City), the American owner (Man Utd).

Liverpool FC last won the Champions League 14 years ago (in 2005). Photo: Getty

Besides that, there are football stadiums that are packed every weekend when the ball rolls, the most modern football stadiums in the world, such as Old Trafford, Anfield, or Tottenham's new 1 billion pound stadium... The salaries of players are also extremely high, from tens of thousands of pounds to hundreds of thousands of pounds per week, not to mention the television rights of the tournament, which are among the highest in the world, reaching billions of pounds for each season in the foggy island nation... That speaks to the wealth and splendor of English football clubs as well as the attraction of the tournament.

However, in recent years, their position in the continental arena has always been questioned. The last time a team from the foggy country won the Champions League was more than 8 years ago (Chelsea in 2012), before that was Man Utd in 2008. Meanwhile, in the Europa League arena, Man Utd in 2017 was the most recent team to win the title, Chelsea was the team that achieved the same in the 2013 season.

Tottenham have a chance to make history for the first time in the Champions League. Photo: Getty

The Champions League saw its first all-English final in 2008, when Chelsea and Manchester United met in Moscow. Meanwhile, the last time English football had such an honour was in the Europa League in 1972, when Tottenham faced Wolverhampton.

This season, it is very likely that one of these two tournaments will witness an all-English football club final, as Liverpool and Tottenham are in the Champions League semi-finals, while Arsenal and Chelsea are in very good form and are considered candidates for the Europa League title.

Thus, among the 8 teams still competing in the two biggest tournaments in Europe this season, English football accounts for 4 teams. That is a sign of the rise of English football clubs in the continental arena at club level.

Arsenal are on their way to regaining their European glory. Photo: Getty

The 2018-2019 season in the European arena is gradually coming to an end, the opportunity for English teams to make history has come. In the Champions League, Tottenham and Liverpool are two names of English football present in the semi-finals. If Tottenham is still rated higher than Ajax in the first semi-final, Liverpool is certainly not weaker than Barca in the remaining match.

Meanwhile, in the Europa League arena, Chelsea and Arsenal are showing superiority over the rest of the tournament they are participating in (Arsenal vs Valencia, Chelsea vs Frankfurt) and it is very likely that the two teams playing in the Premier League will meet each other in the Europa League final taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan on May 29, 2019.

The road to conquering the top of Europe is still full of hardships and challenges, but English football fans have the right to dream of a transfer of power, and think about victory for their favorite team. There are still hypotheses to make it come true, and who knows, there will be an "all-English football club final" on both the C1 and C2 Cup fronts. If that happens, it will be a great success for English football when there will be another match for the "European Super Cup" of England to start a new season.

Chelsea will not miss the chance to win the Europa League. Photo: Getty

More than ever, football fans in the foggy country are expecting the "four heroes" Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea to have a spectacular overthrow in European cups. When the prospect of English club football returning to dominate Europe seems closer than ever.