England’s defeat to Iceland on Monday night must serve as a warning to Scottish football’s power brokers that they must now end their pursuit of scraps from the Premier League’s gold-laden tables.

The riches that have been thrust upon the English game has had a detrimental effect on the English national team, with the Premier League clubs having the lowest proportion of home grown players in their squads compared to the other leagues from the “Big Five.” When the “Premiership” was launched in 1992, 69 per cent of players were English. But in 2015, that percentage now sits at 33.2 per cent with clubs now focusing on bringing in talented foreign players as they chase not only silverware and European glory but to stave off relegation.

England’s top division can gloat about being the richest league in the world but that wealth has gone to their heads and they have taken their eyes off the ball.