 You're welcome back to the breakfast on plus TV Africa. We're now talking sports on the breakfast English football clubs are doing well in Europe for EPL teams are in the Semifinals of the continent's two top club competitions The UEFA Champions League is looking like it's going to be an all England final with Manchester City winning the first leg of their semi-final match and Chelsea, Fosson Real Madrid to a draw at home Manchester United bit Roma 6-2 in the Europa semi-final match yesterday and only Arsenal failed to win or play a draw. Wally Scott is here with us as usual Good morning Wally Scott. So talking about this. Are we going to have like an all English, you know Champions League and Europa League this year? That's very possible because It's been simple Chelsea I've got a draw and a way draw which means they're going to play the next match at home and you just could concentrate on the match and win and Man City have got a 2-1 victory against Paris Saint-Germain and they actually got that one away too So they're going to be playing their next match on Tuesday next week at the Etihad at home at their home So all things being equal I think they should have both qualified into the finals Which means it just could be a Chelsea against Manchester City finals Then the Europa League, which is the second tier of the Champions League Man City Manchester United actually came from a 2-1 Loss yesterday actually win 6-2 eventually Which means they are all through to the finals all things been equal and then yeah I've now got to a 2-1, but 2-1 is not too tough for an away match You can actually go away. We actually get just one goal or two goals and make it through. So we just might be seen and all for English team in the finals. But the question everybody should be asking everyone right now is how did they do it? I was going to ask that. How did English team come from nowhere now? From where? You know the truth is, unlike Nigerians, Nigerians do have a maintenance culture. If our car never stopped working, we wouldn't be able to change the oil The truth is, you know, most football clubs across the world are like Nigerians They are waiting for the spare parts to be really very rusty almost falling out for the start making changes and just So that's what most of the English clubs didn't do. Initially the owners in English clubs They said you guys are telling us to bring money to buy players, win something. The guys said this, we can't win if we don't buy players now So the guys say good. Here's the money, buy players, so they start buying players Before the guys became rusty, they started buying new players, you know So I don't know, you see Man United goes to the market to like 350 million pounds You know, here's the kind of money you ask yourself, are you in the wrong profession? So what should clubs from, or rather is this something that clubs from other nationalities should learn? Yes, you know, look at a club like Barcelona, the whole world now feels a living on past glory They've got all mighty Lionel Messi, who is going rusty really They've got Bayern Munich, who have got all the stars in the world Where's Ronaldo? All basically old school. Real Madrid have lost it all. They did lost Ronaldo, he went with the blue prints of the club And then you know, they don't win anymore, you know And they brought in Edin Hazard, who came oversized, who came tired You know, all these clubs have big names And these names can sell their jobs for them, make good money off the shelves in the market That's all they can make. What can they do on the field of play? We are looking at an Arsenal for example Went to the market, got a party, a young man in the midfield Went to the market and went to the academy and got a 16-17 year old boy in Iambukai Osaka You know, you look at a Manchester United who actually, at the point were using strikers who are less than 18 Rashford, Mason Greenwood, you know, they were not scared of using these boys It wasn't our names now The English clubs went to the market to get what they needed, spent money Got the talent and the skills The very pricing was a blank check You knew what you wanted, went for it and then balanced it with youngsters from the academies Which means they were changing their spare parts before they became Russian So how come other clubs are not doing the same? They should know that all of these players have their expiry data I think some clubs just tend to look at more of the marketing strategy Than what they do on the field of play And then get carried away while making the money Yeah, you know, so most of them just feel like by Ronaldo He will sell his shares for us in less than one hour And yes, he did When Ronaldo got to Juventus, his judges were sold out in the market in Italy alone in one hour Good money Ronaldo has the ability to prove that on and off the page You know, but how many players have these guys, but they have done that Not only selling jerseys, but proving your... You see, it's not about... You see, now it's about the guys now realize, listen, we've been spending too much time making money But for getting about the football itself You know, the football itself is now suffering because, okay, good Four English teams might be in the finals of both conceptual championships At the end of the day, because they were thinking about making money here But they were also thinking about the football on the field What was the implication of having four English teams in the final? Implication is nothing really I think it just opens the eyes of other clubs Okay Opens the eyes of other leagues They say, listen, oh, this is what these guys did right What are they doing right? Okay, we're not doing right Yes, we want to make money We have been making money We still are making money But we've forgotten the football itself The essence of the whole thing, the source Of the whole thing is football It's forgotten now But it's closed They'd rather buy a Lionel Messi A Ronaldo A Kaka They'd rather buy that Angel Di Maria Mbappe To make money They don't really think about it Nobody's calling the manager to the boardroom I know, some club managers are complaining I say, listen, when you want to start a super league You didn't call the coaches, the players You want to join an European super league Nobody calls the coaches You want to buy a player to make money Have you as the coach, can he fit into your team? Will he play rights in your team? We've forgotten the source is football It's about making money now And it's teamwork It's teamwork So if you buy a player to make money To sell jerseys I just dump him on the coach And to do what with him You didn't ask him in the first place What should I do with this guy? All right, so aside, you know, great decisions Regarding what players to buy and when What else are they doing right? That's about it really I think they refuse to forget Their source is parallel Don't forget that the English society We're not looking at coaching styles They are very traditional And the English fans always Have a say in what the clubs do On other clubs So the English fans will protest They'll come to you and say, listen, we don't want this coach We want this player, you know It's worked for them And I think that's all they do right The coaches, the English teams Are beginning to get less patience these days They don't do well once twice the rest You are gone, you know So the coaches to a world class In-team with what's happening in the world today I think all else has worked for them eventually But most importantly They've not forgotten the source Which is football really All right, thank you Wally Scotter For bringing us off the speed And European glory And all of the football talk All right, so yes Like Justin said, that's where we call it today We've gone through a run Of all the top-trending stories Talking about Fada and Bacca Talking about President Mohammed to resign The whole issue with Elrify and the platform We talked about the big issue In economics right now Exactly, and then wrapped it up With the River State Security And of course, sports Wally Scotter That's what the name of your show should be Anyway, thank you very much For joining us again on the breakfast On Plus TV Africa I am Annette Felix And I'm Justin Akadon You do have yourselves a wonderful weekend Yes, bye-bye