So a salary cap doesn’t seem feasible. But what about a player draft? Is it equally impossible? Once again, given the competition is spread across many countries, player drafts would have to be based on National Football Centres, like the excellent Clairefontaine academy in France. England would have to give speed up the progress of the Burton project for the option to be viable.

Yet the international transfers of U18s would have to be banned for the drafts to work in the individual countries, and quotas, such as Sepp Blatter’s highly controversial 6+5 rule, may have to be implemented. The likelihood of both these actions occurring are nigh on impossible given they also contravene EU law. In addition, clubs who have spent millions on their own academies to nurture talent may be unwilling to let a national draft occur, with the weakest/poorest side given first pick on a player, as is the case in a number of American sports. Barcelona, who have spent millions on their cantera, producing some world-class players, would vehemently disagree with any such proposal.

Yet, they would agree with lowering the age when a player can sign a professional contract, stopping sides such as Arsenal and Liverpool poaching their most promising prospects. Similarly, clubs may agree to the cessation of exploitation of players from poorer regions, although this is always difficult to regulate.

Critics may also argue that the transfer of promising players to weaker sides might affect them fulfilling their potential, by training with lower-level players and being involved in training sessions, where the ideas are less evolved, and the equipment is not as advanced.

On the whole, if a player draft were to be employed across Europe, it would reveal which countries excel at youth player development. Yet several issues arise, as they do when discussing the possible implementation of a salary cap. While a draft is a less attractive proposition, given it would affect the freedom of movement of labour laws, amongst others, a salary cap does not affect this particular law. But it does question the moral right of a footballer to earn more than a doctor.

By limiting the earning potential of massively overpaid players to a point which still allows them to make millions, fans could relate slightly better with the players, despite laws being in place to allow any one person to make massive earnings, which obviously stop this. We would see some critics unashamedly call this modern slavery, but comically bad retorts are a price worth paying.

It is difficult to see how money can be removed from the game when the product is so profitable, the current state of the game is protected by the law, and the football politicians are so hypocritical in their views concerning this issue.

Perhaps discussing video technology and the ridiculous proposal of a 39^th game is just easier for Blatter and co. I wouldn’t hold my breath for either of these American-imported proposals to be implemented in European football any time soon.