3 of the last 5 winners have been English. Hell, even West Ham won a European trophy last season whilst finishing 14th in the PL.
And still only Manchester City are as strong as Barca or Real were 10-15 years ago.
I raised an issue several versions ago that I'm still stuck with today, it doesn't mean they haven't looked at it though. Every time I log into a network game my manager avatar defaults to the hosts. Doesn't happen with the other players, just me.