Saturday, June 21, 2008

Serie A is fourth best?

In admitting that his club could not compete with Manchester City for the signature of fallen Brazil star Ronaldinho, AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani was also in effect admitting that England's Premiership was the most powerful in the world:

'I cannot ignore that Italian football is now in fourth position in Europe behind England, Spain and Germany...We simply cannot compete with certain figures anymore."

The question for me is whether or not the Premiership is the "best" league in the world. What does best mean? Does it mean that the league continues to aggregate the best players in the world or that also the league's football is the best to be seen?

And how do we then define what is the best football?

Personally, I have trouble with the hurly burly of the English league and prefer the more sophisticated and thoughtful style of Serie A. But that's just me.


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The Croatians are coming

Though they were knocked out of Euro 2008 in surprising fashion by Turkey, Croatians - with collective and individual performances - made a case for themselves as being among the most skillfull players in the world.

As a result - Nico Krancjar thinks - many Croatian players will start to see themselves pursued by Premier League teams:

"At the minute the Premier League is the best league in the world and it is a big goal for us to show what we can do and have a voice for Croatian players and help bring even more Croatian players to English football. Like I said they can all come."

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