I'm a fan of The X-Files, at least the early episodes, so I'm no stranger to this kind of paranoid talk!
Still, I wouldn't go so far as to say that the referees are against English clubs purely because they're from England, that kind of racism would be too obvious.
Still, I do think that the European officials might be a bit sick of the English clubs doing so well in the Champion's League, and might be afraid that this dominance continue to the point that most of the best players in the world would be in the Premiership as this wouldn't be good for European football as a whole. Would this enough to justify the "control" of matches involving English clubs? I don't buy it, as the whole system from head-to-toe would have to be corrupt, and that would involve too many people, a leak would already have happened.
Still, it doesn't answer the question of why certain clubs in Europe seem "defavourised" by some referees, and I don't know where the answer lies. Perhaps MAN U and Chelsea throwing bags of cash at certain refs? This I would believe.
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