Post by Mike Giggs' Munchies on Jul 11, 2013 10:33:48 GMT -5
Serie A was/is the butt of jokes for many football fans as a league that has fallen from grace and become a place for older players to get one last paycheck, unable to draw top talent in their prime to its shores. But is the PL slowly going that way? How often do top stars move here from other countries in their prime? Or has it always been this way, even when the PL dominated the world (see: 2005-2009)? Is this the start of a huge decline or is it simply a natural trough, with the PL returning to the top in a couple of years?
Personally, I think its always been this way, and that the PL will be top dogs again once this Bundesliga peak quietens down in 3 years or so. The PL has never attracted the top calibre players from other countries on a consistent basis, but it can often have some of the best players through growing them. I also think its worth noting how many of the world's top players come from South America, from where most players would naturally prefer to go to Spain rather than England. In 10 years or so when the first generation of Asian kids who watched the PL grow up, hopefully some will be top class players, and then want to move to the PL; in the short term I think Kagawa will want to stay with United for several years yet, and I also think that he can be a world class player.
Personally, I think its always been this way, and that the PL will be top dogs again once this Bundesliga peak quietens down in 3 years or so. The PL has never attracted the top calibre players from other countries on a consistent basis, but it can often have some of the best players through growing them. I also think its worth noting how many of the world's top players come from South America, from where most players would naturally prefer to go to Spain rather than England. In 10 years or so when the first generation of Asian kids who watched the PL grow up, hopefully some will be top class players, and then want to move to the PL; in the short term I think Kagawa will want to stay with United for several years yet, and I also think that he can be a world class player.
