Messi is the best player but English league is now the best in the World
For long the unique atmosphere, amazing
history, star players, high technology, good refereeing, mega billion signings, big–name coaches, expensive coverage rights, and the great competition of the English
League have been second to none.
Yesterday,
the 2019 full Ballon D’or results have shown that Premier League is now
back to its very best. Despite Lionel Messi’s winning a historic 6th crown, the Barclays Premier league is the best in the World.
These
are some of the reasons why BPL is currently back to the best in the
World in 2019 after years of dominance by Liga Stars – Particularly,
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, whom have teared the last decade.
1. Ballon D’or best players
In
the 30 man best players list, Liverpool alone have 7 players, which is
almost as much as the number of players recorded from German Bundesliga,
Dutch Eredivisie League, French Ligue I and Italian Seria A all
combined.
5 English Champions,
Manchester City players made the list, along with a double from
Tottenham and one lone player from Arsenal. Half of the top 30 best
players in the World play in England.
Only
Spanish Premiera League came close to the Premier league, with 7
players from Barcelona, Real and Atletico. 60% of the World’s top ten
players belong to Manchester City & Liverpool.
2. Liverpool and Van Dijk’s record
Lionel
Messi won the Ballon D’or for recording 54 goals for home and country
in the 2018-2019, but Virgil Van Dijk have helped Liverpool to European
successes with a masterpiece of defending. It was the first time a
Defender came close to winning the Ballon D’or in a decade and a half.
In
2016, Fabio Cannavaro led his Italian side to a World cup win. Van Dijk
came second, challenging Cristiano Ronaldo, the man with 5 Ballon D’or
to a very rare 3rd place.
Alisson
Becker won the Yachine award as the best keeper. At 21, Trent
Alexander-Arnold who made history in double champions league finals was
voted as the 19th best player.
3. European giant’s double duel
It
was the first time ever that four Premier League teams will meet in
both European cup finals. Liverpool clashed with Tottenham in the
Champions League final, likewise Arsenal was beaten by London Rivals
Chelsea. Liverpool and Chelsea went to play a thrilling UEFA Super cup
in August.
2019 has proved how strong EPL teams are after Liverpool dumped Barcelona in a dramatic second tie.
4. Top Coaches
Jurgen
Klopp won the FIFA best Coach of the year in 2019, after his success at
Europe including coming from 3 goals down to eliminate Lionel Messi’s
Barcelona. Other big name Managers in the EPL include top Champions like
Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, and Manuel Pellegrini.
The Premier League hosts many of the best Coaches in the game at the moment.
5. Spending spree
In
the last transfer summer window, English clubs splashed over $1.7
billion on new players. Arsenal, Manchester City, and United alone spent
close to £450m. Other notable spenders include Tottenham, Everton, and
Aston Villa. Man United bough the most expensive defender in history.
The
Premier League is way above other Leagues in spending, Spanish Liga
came second after 2019 summer transfer of $1.3 billion. It was the first
time to exceed £1 billion spending in Spain.
This post first appeared on Opera News, by Muhammad Malumfashi
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