He'll find out next season because Everton, Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Man City, West Ham, Newcastle & Spurs are going to be very very strong in the near future.. Nando hasn't realised this but they will be catching up with the top four for sure!
People have been saying that for years though,
Remember when tesco FC finished above us?
They were hailing it the 'end of the big four'
the problem is the mid table teams improve, but so do the big four, it takes massive investment to close the gap.
What Torres has said is basiclly that the big four in england are stronger then the big clubs in spain.
but he raises an arguement for the league overall being stronger because the middle table teams in spain are stronger then the middle teams in england. We see teams like getafe, real betis, rcd espanyol and real zaragoza winning games or taking points of the big clubs in la liga far more often then we see the likes of pompey, man city and villa beating the big four.
I completely agree with him, If you watch la liga ill think you agree that the technical standard of player is higher in their middle table teams then englands.
Look at sevilla beating boro 4-0 in the uefa cup final a few years back, wasnt that the first time they qualified for the tournament in recent years?
and last year there were three middle table spanish teams in the uefa cup semis, sevilla rcd and osasuna two of which were outside the top 10 in the league that season. tottenham and newcastle failed last year and this year everton and tottenham again didnt impress whilst Getafe should have knocked out Bayern munich with only 10 men!
The media are just shortening the interview and using misleading headlines to make it look like nando is paying out the EPL.
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