Kylian Mbappé restarts the war between La Liga and the Premier League

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The arrival of Kylian Mbappé created a real media tidal wave in Spain. In the Real Madrid offices, we are rubbing our hands with the media fallout from his signing, while waiting for the financial and especially sporting fallout which should not take long. In Spain, we are also talking about a big blow for the Spanish championship, which lacked stars.

Since the departures of players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish league had lost a little of its splendor. Not on a sporting level for the Madrilenians, but it is clear that the hype around the Clasicos had, for example, fallen significantly since the departure of the two ogres. The arrival of Mbappé risks putting the Spanish championship back at the top in terms of media, even if among our neighbors, we also know that there is a need for a great Barça for La Liga to regain its status…

La Liga doubles the Premier League?

In an article published on his website, Marca even gets excited and goes so far as to say that La Liga has burned the Premier League. According to the media, which pulls no punches, the Spanish championship struck hard by offering the last two world stars who were on the market, namely the Bondynois and Jude Bellingham, winning the duel against the teams English. In addition to having the one who risks being the 2024 Ballon d’Or in the squad, Vinicius Junior, and being in pole position to attract Erling Haaland in 2025.

The newspaper is based in particular on Football Benchmark studies to note that among the 20 players with the highest value in the world, there are 8 La Liga players (Mbappé, Bellingham, Vinicius, Valverde, Tchouaméni, Pedri, Rodrygo and Gavi) against 7 from the Premier League (Haaland, Saka, Rodri, Rice, Foden, J. Álvarez and Odegaard). La Liga has, according to Marca, more stars. The youth of other potential big names not mentioned like Pau Cubarsi, Eduardo Camavinga, Endrick or Lamine Yamal should also be taken into account for the very optimistic Spaniards. Maybe a little too much, even…

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