La Liga ‘world’s best’

Spain dominated the World Player of the Year Awards and won the World Cup, as well as having a league with two teams – Barcelona and Real Madrid – who have dominated European football in the last decade.

Blatter told CNN: “It must be the strongest league in the world. And when you see the starting XI of the Spanish national team, all of them play their football in Spain. The Spanish league also has the highest number of local players.

“The Premier League is the best-marketed league in the world. It’s a good league, with good players, but when you consider not one player made the best XI of the world, maybe they should think about whether something can be adapted.”