Well lads to add further fuel to this Thread I can well remember when I was in England from 1957 until 1968, I was told on numerous occasions that foreign footballers would last no time in English football.
I was informed that they would not be able to stand up to the rough and tumble of the English game that the heavy grounds would find them out, the just "wouldn`t like it up them".

Along came a little Argentine wizard around the early 1970s, a footballer supreme, Ossie Ardiles, he made a complete mockery of all of those forecasts, he is still revered to this day by the Spurs fans and of course he was followed by others from sunny Spain and Italy, and great players from Holland, they all certainly brightened up the English game and are still doing so.

I enjoy`skillful football, long may the foreign footballers continue to to brighten up a long cold winter.