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Excitingly, the future promises to be even faster, more technical, and more demanding of its players \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter witnessing Spanish football and Barcelona provide one of the great periods of global dominance - we are now entering a new era; one which is being led by German football, and notably Bayern Munich. Germany, now world champions at international level, along with the visionary coaching philosophy of Pep Guardiola at club level, are taking football into a new epoch, one which the Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi prophesised several years ago. One of Universality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Matthew Whitehouse - acclaimed author of The Way Forward: Solutions to England's Football Failings - looks in-depth at the past decade of the game, taking the reader on a journey into football's evolution. 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It has been almost 50 years since England made the final of a major championship and the national sides, at all levels, continue to disappoint and underperform. Yet no-one appears to know how to improve the situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Way Forward, football coach Matthew Whitehouse examines the causes of English football's decline and offers a number of areas where change and improvement need to be implemented immediately. 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An improvement in scouting, talent identification, sport science, and attitudes is also long overdue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnless change is implemented soon, England will continue to exist in the backwaters of international football - enviously watching the likes of Spain, Germany, Holland and others, as they deliver high quality teams that are able to win tournaments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhitehouse, while still relatively unknown, has written a masterpiece. 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