I liked it better when teams represented the style of play of the country they are based on. Now every team is full of foreign managers and foreign players. I think the foreign player limit maintained a sense of identity associated with each club. It forces you to develop your own talent, and the fans are always going to be more into it when players are from the same country as them. Now we rarely ever see teams develop talent.

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      Just like the organisers did in the past, hence the entire point of this thread.

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        They never though, because it was called the European Cup. The word “champions” wasn’t there to take literally or not.

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          You do know that the official name of the tournament was European Champions’ Club Cup?

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          You went too far back, as did anyone else downvoting me. You’re welcome to look into the entrant teams of the 1992/1993 CHAMPIONS League and get back to me.