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·Why haven't I seen this posted anywhere or has it? Something for Andr3w and all the EPL haters to cringe about :howler: :dielaugh:
'Without being complacent or smug, English football is simply the best in Europe' says Premier League chief!
By Dave Smith 26-Jan-05
The debate about which is the best league in Europe - the Premiership, La Liga or Serie A (the Bundesliga doesn't seem to come into the equation thesedays) - is an on-going one. But not for much longer because the balance of power has definitely switched to England.
That's the view of Premier League chief Richard Scudamore who reckons the Premiership is the envy of Europe, possibly the world, and claims that Spain and Italy would swap places with us at the drop of a hat.
Not just because of the standard of football we've become accustomed to at home over the course of the last decade, but he also points to level of attendances at home and abroad - not to mention the financial state of the top clubs.
Italian football has become boring and gone back to the days of 0-0s and 1-0s all over the place. Look at Juventus in Europe!
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Dwarfs Serie A and La Liga in terms of television coverage around the world, 95% capacity attendences on average compared to Serie A's 57% :yuck: not only that the EPLs growth in profits is around 1.3 billion a year which is France's Ligue 1 and Serie A put together. He has a slight point.
'Without being complacent or smug, English football is simply the best in Europe' says Premier League chief!
By Dave Smith 26-Jan-05
The debate about which is the best league in Europe - the Premiership, La Liga or Serie A (the Bundesliga doesn't seem to come into the equation thesedays) - is an on-going one. But not for much longer because the balance of power has definitely switched to England.
That's the view of Premier League chief Richard Scudamore who reckons the Premiership is the envy of Europe, possibly the world, and claims that Spain and Italy would swap places with us at the drop of a hat.
Not just because of the standard of football we've become accustomed to at home over the course of the last decade, but he also points to level of attendances at home and abroad - not to mention the financial state of the top clubs.
Italian football has become boring and gone back to the days of 0-0s and 1-0s all over the place. Look at Juventus in Europe!
more
Dwarfs Serie A and La Liga in terms of television coverage around the world, 95% capacity attendences on average compared to Serie A's 57% :yuck: not only that the EPLs growth in profits is around 1.3 billion a year which is France's Ligue 1 and Serie A put together. He has a slight point.