Didi Hamann’s scathing criticism of the Premier League is brilliant TV

“English people believe the hype of the Premier League”, said the German.

“They have sold a Skoda for a Lamborghini for the last 15 years”. It’s not their fault that the clubs pay them that money but its over-inflated. “But I think the Premier League has to think about a winter break in years of major tournaments”.

Transfers to the Premier League for players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas and N’Golo Kante may not have happened under “Brexit” with rules stating players need a certain number of caps for their country before they can move.

Is the Premier League to blame for England’s woes?

‘We are working day by day for a year.

England manager Roy Hodgson resigned immediately after the game, leaving English soccer in a state of flux at the moment.

The former Liverpool player and German worldwide featured in 191 games over seven seasons for the Reds, including participating in the famous treble in 2000-2001 and, of course, playing a pivotal role in winning the 2005 Champion’s League trophy.

If Hamann is right, is the Premier League attractive to players simply for the paycheck or is there a footballing reason for continental players to want to play in England?

I blogged extensively on this on Tuesday and you can read it in full on the Advertiser website should you so desire, but it’s not hard to guess the kind of avenues I’ve gone down when it comes to the rhyme and reasoning for England’s failures.

But Hamann wasn’t done there, as he went on to label the Premier League “a fraud” and imply that English players should thank God every night for their nationality allowing them to demand world-class wages despite being just above average.

“I do not accept that the problem with English football is the players are not good enough”, Gerrard wrote in a column for the Telegraph.

‘When England went behind, many of those players will have been thinking of the consequences of defeat as much as what to do to get back in the game. We seen yesterday what Germany did to Slovakia.

“You could make a case for Sturridge and Rashford, who did more in the five minutes coming on than the rest of the team going forward”.

Answering his one question, he added: “Stones, Barkley maybe?”