"How are the 'best' players in the league always foreign? That is opinion and is clearly not unbiased.

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How is that opinion not unbiased? im not taking any sides im just saying how it is. Name me one english player in the last 20 years who has been better than ronaldo, cantona, bergkamp, thierry henry.
Secondly yes rooney has scored more goals than torres in the last 2 seasons, albeit the only reason for that is firstly because torres was playing without any of his confidence and secondly because he was playing for a very bad liverpool side at the time. If he picks up the pace this season with chelsea we could easily see him back to his best.
And yes rooneys game isnt all about scoring goals, but whats that matter? every striker has there job, and while rooney has been better in the last 2 seasons, i could easily say torres was better the 2 seasons before that, its not an argument, any player can lose form at any time and they can also regain it when you least expect.