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"Young English players have seen their path to their respective first teams blocked by imported ones. The home-grown youngsters, the odd notable exception aside, either languish in the reserves or move down the leagues just to garner some playing time. They cannot develop the tools to take on the world on loan at Brentford.
Meanwhile, Thomas Mueller and Mesut Oezil acquire their first-team experience at the sharp end of the Budesliga and European competition. They are trusted in key matches; nurtured and encouraged. This German team, with Philipp Lahm, 26, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski, both 25, as the veterans, will be around for at least two more World Cups and have already been to a semi-final and European Championship final.
When they will ALL be over 25 - are you sure??