What has gone wrong with English teams in the Champions League?

Most of the English teams have failed massively in this year’s Champions League. The last time that an English team got to a final in the Champions League was three years ago! Spanish teams have won it more than any other country. They have had three triumphant wins since 2012, even having secured a derby with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

What is it that Spanish teams are doing that are making them have this great success whilst English teams are struggling?

Many lower Spanish and German teams such as Sevilla, Valencia, Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen are even doing better than English teams, and they don’t even have the same amount of money to buy world class players!

In my opinion, one of the reasons why English teams are struggling in Europe's competitions is because the English teams are bringing through young English players but they are leaving them to go on the bench or on the reserves, when they are good enough to be playing weekly first team football. German and Spanish teams however, are playing 17, 18, 19 years old regularly and performing extremely well.