Will Premier League rule Europe after splashing one billion in transfer window?
The summer is over, and the transfer market too. After two months of rumors and deals, the teams have completed their rosters for the 2016-17 Premier League season and there’s a lot to talk about.
In Europe, we can highlight that the Premier League was the division that spent the most money in the market; above Italy’s Serie A, the Bundesliga in Germany and Spain’s La Liga. The total amount for the Premier League teams was in excess of €1 billion for the first time ever, confirmed Sky Sports.
The Italians spent €708 million and German and Spanish clubs just €548 million and €476 million, respectively. In France, Ligue 1 pulled out of their pockets only €191 million. Manchester United have the record for the most expensive player signing in the history of football now: Paul Pogba and his €105 million. But, if you check the top 10 of expensive transfers, six took place in England.
Besides Pogba, you can count John Stones (from Everton to Manchester City, €55 million), Leroy Sane (from Schalke to Manchester City, €50 million), Granit Xhaka (from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Arsenal, €45 million), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United, €42 million), Sadio Mané (from Southampton to Liverpool, €41 million), and Shkodran Mustafi (from Valencia to Arsenal, €41 million).
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Premier League, a chance to become the big league
In Europe, the last years have been dominated by Spanish teams especially. Bayern Munich have been the star from Germany, whilst Italy continues on a roller coaster. Meanwhile, the Premier League owns a solid championship and a good level of competition.
For example, last year’s champion Leicester; anything can happen when any team can do the job on the field correctly. However, it seems it has been impossible to become a dominant league until now.
The presence of new players like Pogba is a good thing for show and for marketing. But money alone is not enough to be the become the greatest. However, in this moment Premier League have both and it could be a good opportunity.
So, we ask: could this be an opportunity to become the big league in Europe? I think so. Besides, there is another relevant factor to be considered.
Coaches could be the key
Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola were direct rivals in Spain, now they are both in England; it will be a special date when they play against each other.
Other names like Antonio Conte, Ronald Koeman, Claude Puel, Walter Mazzarri, David Moyes, Francesco Guidolin or Aitor Karanka came too. Now, they are together along with Claudio Rainieri, Jürgen Klopp and Slaven Bilić and could create a new era for English football.
All these coaches have a lot of experience (and have won impressive honours) in Europe which they can use to plan a better strategy on the field and use their powerful rosters to elevate the level of the football.
They could soon dominate teams from others leagues in continental championships, like the UEFA Champions League. With new ideas, and a more global vision of football, it’s a great opportunity to change the forces in European stadiums.
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