Is the Premier League starting to gobble up Uefa’s lower-tier competitions? | Nick Ames

Aston Villa and Crystal Palace’s runs to European finals are historic achievements, but symptomatic of a worrying trendThere will be no doubting Unai Emery’s supremacy in the Europa League if he is reacquainted with the trophy in Istanbul this month. A fifth title would add to the Aston Villa manager’s legend and it would show he can do it with an English club. The latter achievement, though, may be diminished in value. A greater concern lies in the way that Premier League clubs, gradually but d...