Manchester United midfielder Daley Blind admits the Dutch game simply is DESTROYED when it comes to the Premier League.

Blind admits that the Total Football philosophy, instilled in him at Ajax before his £13.8million move last summer, has no place in the Premier League.

"You can't survive, playing like that in England," he said. "The tempo and sheer speed of the game in the Premier League is like nowhere else in the world.

"There is a massive difference between here and the Dutch Eredivisie, and even more noticeable than the pace of the game is the ferocity of the matches here.

"In the rest of Europe, you see stages of the game where players can have a breather or where they can have a little stroll. Here? Not for one second can you drop your head. It is box-to-box stuff from the first minute to the last. But I absolutely love it."