Balance of the game

I am aware not all will agree and more might not be bothered about it, but I think the English teams (and hereby the national team) are overpowered in this game (FM2017). It seems that in all the seasons I have played so far, at least one English team will win a European Cup. There are so many examples to show that this does not reflect reality, so I will not mention them, but it really annoys me. I want the game to be as realistic as possible, and this does not seem to be the case here. Or maybe I am the only one feeling this way? What do you guys think?

Are you loading the English league but not other major European ones? Playable leagues will have a slightly stronger predisposition, due to the fact they will have a larger player complement and therefore a larger possibility of having a stronger squad.

Moreover, going forward, it would stand to reason that with the larger amounts of TV money in the Premier League, English clubs should be much stronger in Europe. However, we all know that football doesn't quite work like that

I load all of bigger European leagues and make them all playable. Englands national team is also always doing great at the competitions, and everybody knows that it has been a long while since that was true