Powerless English playmaker in foreign team (5)
I believe the answer is:
inter
'foreign team' is the definition.
(Inter Milan football club)
'powerless english playmaker in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inter that I've seen before include "Settle in ground" , "football team abroad" , "Send to ground" , "Nitre (anag.)" , "top Italian side" .)