I dont disagree specifically with what he’s saying. He has a point, but the SL isn’t the answer, even with the PL being a de facto SL.
All that being said, I dont remember La Liga complaining circa 2008 to ≈ 2016 when a Ronaldo/Messi lead La Liga was kicking the shit out of everyone else and taking everyone else’s best players.
Arsenal lost so many players to Barcelona that they may as well have relocated the runway for London to Barcelona flights to N7.
Not so much a selling club as a really-bad-at-renewing-contracts club. I can’t think of any time we actually made good money by selling, and it felt like there were always a couple of key players on the last year of their contract since the management just couldn’t do the business. Edu has almost been a bigger revelation than Arteta, simply by being quietly competent.
I dont disagree specifically with what he’s saying. He has a point, but the SL isn’t the answer, even with the PL being a de facto SL.
All that being said, I dont remember La Liga complaining circa 2008 to ≈ 2016 when a Ronaldo/Messi lead La Liga was kicking the shit out of everyone else and taking everyone else’s best players.
Arsenal lost so many players to Barcelona that they may as well have relocated the runway for London to Barcelona flights to N7.
PL will never fall back down
The officials over here are doing their best
How many players did Arsenal lose to Barca, who were still in their prime? Because you’re making shit up
Don’t agree at all.
As the premier English speaking league the PL is going to be ahead of the rest of Europe forever.
The only possible contender is the possiblity of a strong American or Chinese league in the very, very distant future.
Italy, France, Spain, Germany etc… have no chance of ever pulling back ahead.
Arsenal were a selling club after 2010 tbf
Not so much a selling club as a really-bad-at-renewing-contracts club. I can’t think of any time we actually made good money by selling, and it felt like there were always a couple of key players on the last year of their contract since the management just couldn’t do the business. Edu has almost been a bigger revelation than Arteta, simply by being quietly competent.
And in the 80s-90s when Serie A was attracting a lot of talent.