Sir Alex hails English Football
“I think the Premier League is the strongest in Europe,” Sir Alex told MUTV. “For a spell it was the Spanish league – I remember about seven or eight years ago they had three teams in the semi-finals and Spanish football was really strong, but I think the English game has now reached that level.”
Is the Premier League the best league in the world?
With 4 English teams in the quarter finals of The UEFA Champions League it certainly seems like it.
But lets take a look at the “Big 4” Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal.
First Manchester United. United started their last game vs Portsmouth, with 6 foreign players. While In both of Chelsea’s last games Avram Grant started 7 foreigners. 7 against Derby and 7 against Barnsley. Next, Liverpool had only 2 English players start in their victory against Italian giants Inter Milan. I saved the worst for last, the FA should be embarrassed for allowing Arsenal to compete in English football. In their last match vs. Wigan, Arsenal started 11 foreigners. As a matter of fact, there are only 2 English players on Arsenals current roster of 25, Theo Walcott and Justin Hoyte.
So is the English Premier League the best league in the world?
Yes, at the moment the English Premier League is the best in the world. But at what cost? The English national team failed to qualify for Euro 2008.
