It is rather strange that there aren't as many muslims breaking into professional football in the UK then in countries such as Germany, France, the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries. In these countries there's usually some homegrown muslim players in every team and the whole discussion about the ramadan having an effect on performances has been done ages ago. It does make you wonder a bit why there's less British muslims in football. I think it might have something to do with the high amount muslims from Indian and Pakistani decent. These countries have less of a football culture then countries like Turkey, Marocco, Algeria, the Balkan states, etc. and this is where most of the muslims in the previously mentioned countries come from.