English premier league vs Spanish la liga.

And I am thrilled that an opponent who seems to have good knowledge of this subject has accepted it. Just to clear up one issue that might come up. Some of my statistics may not appear to be valid when reading this debate because statistics are always changing. So I might say that Barcelona have scored this many goals but then when you click on the link it says they’ve scored this many goals. But the reason for that is that they have just scored a few goals since I put up the statistic. Just something to keep in mind. Arguments: (1) My first point is that The EPL (English Premier League) has more good teams. Good meaning teams that are capable of playing at the highest level. The EPL has 6 teams that are capable of competing for the Premiership title. Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Tottenham. Tottenham is the most debatable but I think they are contenders. The La Liga only has 2: Barcelona, and Real Madrid. The other eighteen teams just fight for champions league spots, Europa league spots, or survival in the La Liga. Real Madrid and Barcelona are called the two giants because they are the only clubs in Spain that compete for the league title or champions league. Other Spanish teams make it to the champions league, but they rarely get far. To confirm this fact let me show you a statistic. Right now in La Liga, 3rd place Valencia are 14 points behind 2nd place Real Madrid. . http://www.soccer-spain.com...... This is a huge gap if you compare it to the EPL, where their is a 0 gap points difference. Their is a 59 point gap difference from 1st place to last in La Liga. In EPL their is only a 38 point gap, Which proves my point that the premier league has more teams that are at the same level. All the EPL's best teams are at the same level. And all of these teams are able to compete with all the other leagues best teams. Meaning that the premier league contains 6 of the worlds best teams (although Tottenham might be debatable). . http://www.premierleague.com...... Here are two charts I made that further confirm my claims. . http://www.debate.org... . http://www.debate.org... Let me just clarify I am not saying 6 teams are fighting for the EPL title right now. But at the beginning of next season you can say one of those 6 teams are going to win it. Also all six teams can succeed in the champions league. Unfortunately only four teams are able to qualify for it each year but all English clubs (except Arsenal) finished top of their group, in the group stages. . http://www.uefa.com...... . http://www.uefa.com...... (2) Obviously if a league has good teams it must have good players in those teams. As I have said the EPL has 6 good teams. So it also has many good players, and is a stronger attraction for players from foreign leagues to come to the EPL. However it is not just from those teams that you find world class players in this league. Here is proof that there are good players in many different clubs in the EPL. Newcastle, a team that only just got promoted to the Premier League (after being relegated 2 seasons before), just sold their best player (Andrew Carrol) in the January transfer window to Liverpool for 35 million pounds. That is a British transfer record. Newcastle also has other world class players, such as Jose Enrique. He has been linked with many top clubs, including Liverpool (who are in need of a new left back) and Tottenham. Joey Barton has been one of the Premier leagues best players this season. Kevin Nolan has also had a very enjoyable season so far. Newcastle currently sit 9th in the table. . http://www.premierleague.com...... Note I am not just mentioning the clubs best players, but players who have been linked with big clubs, sold to big clubs, or have been performing very well. For example I won't mention Fulhams Bede Hangeland, even though he is one of their best players. And is considered a good player. Another good example is Blackpool (17th) who, like Newcastle just got promoted to the Premier league. Charlie Adam is their play maker. And has been linked with, Man U (Manchester United) Liverpool, and Man city. His price is around 13,000,000 pounds. There are many such examples so I will try to be quick in showing some of the remainders. Birmingham city keeper Ben Foster, is one of the best keepers in the premier league, and Birmingham are currently 15th place in the league. To prove this I will show you he currently has the most saves of any keeper in the league this season. I cannot offer a link to the website as you need to have an account for fantasy premier league to see it but I turned it into an image. . http://www.debate.org... Wigan Athletic currently sit 17th in the league. Charles Nzogbia is one of their wingers and has been linked with probably any team in need of a winger. Including Manu, Liverpool, and Chelsea. 19th place west ham have a highly rated Scott Parker. 10th place Aston Villa, have Ashley Young (arguably England's best winger) who has been linked with many clubs, Striker Gabriel Agbonglihor (one of the top scorers two seasons ago), Darren Bent, (Just moved to Villa for 18million), and Stewart Downing is also a good player. I will probably mention more teams/players in future rounds. (3) For the sake of argument lets think what would happen if you combined the Premier League with the La Liga, so that it was a 40 team league, with 8 teams qualifying for Champions League. And six teams getting relegated. The result would be 2 Spanish teams and 6 English teams playing in the Champions League. Barcelona are I must confess the best team in the world so they might win the league, and Real Madrid might as well. But they would be the only Spanish teams competing for the title, and the only Spanish teams who would qualify for the champions league. I think I have proven the quality of even the teams at the bottom of the table in the EPL, so my guess would be of the 6 teams getting relegated most or all of them would be Spanish. (4)Spain is great at soccer and they have one of the very best national teams, but the problem is their countries system is not as good as England's in football terms. England is more professional and modernized in how they set up the teams. That is why they have so many good teams. They have good coaches, good youth systems, and good training techniques. Don't get me wrong, Barcelona have one of the best youth systems and coach's in the world, and Real Madrid have probably the best coach in the world (Jose Mourinho). But their country is not as modern as England's. Even the EPL's "worst" teams have a good set up. That is why so many goals are scored in Spain. Barcelona have 88 goals in 33 games, Manchester United have 71 in 34 games (both teams top of the table). The teams defense in England is clearly better. Manu probably have the best defense in the world, with the likes of Nemanji Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, and Patrice Evra playing at the back, and Edwin Vander Sar in goal. . http://www.premierleague.com... . http://www.soccer-spain.com... I will now finally go to bed!