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Transfer speculation is rife. Beckham, Ronaldhino, Duff, even second-raters like Amoruso are making headlines (well at least in The Daily Hun). Scottish players, however, do not seem to be in demand. Even at relegated West Ham, Scots international Christian Dailly somehow seems to be overlooked in the mass clamour to sign up the club's fleeing talent. But then I suppose he could hardly make the substitutes bench in the Hammers worst season in memory.
What went wrong with Scottish football? We produced such an array of great footballers - Denis Law, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Alan Rough but the seam has dried up, the well is exhausted. It is not easy to explain.
The Old Firm is often blamed for this drought - the fact that there are only two real teams competing in the Scottish domestic league being pointed to as the root cause. However, this is not a problem unique to Scottish football. Bayern Munich have been German champions for 4 of the last 5 seasons.
Germany's national side, too, are going through a dry patch - relatively speaking. But they can still produce some top-class players such as Michael Ballack. Fortunately, with his German roots and footballing know-how, Berti has real insight into Ballack's weaknesses and has come up with a compelling masterplan to eliminate Ballack from the game. Chistian Dailly is to be given a man-marking role on Ballack.
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