SMT <symbiotrans@yahoo.­com> wrote:

Thats because those big stars that stay in their native country tend to

stay in one team, especially if that one team is playing in the CL. At

least they rarely move inside the country once superstardom has been

achieved: Gerrard, Terry, Lampard, Owen (Rooney and Rio make an

exception here, but they were in smaller teams when they were

"discovered"). It would have been much harder for, say, Owen to move to

the magpies straight from Liverpool than it was moving via Real.

Same for Spain (I guess): Raul, Puyol, Xavi...

Italy is a different ballgame, all the best players seem to go thru the

big north three (Inter, Ac, Juve) like it was expected of them... ;)

Yes, I am exaggarating a bit, but there is a lot more movement between

the Italian big teams than there is in the other two big leagues.