"There will, no doubt, have been plenty of back-slapping at Premier League HQ this morning. Five of its Champions League participants sailed into the round of 16 without the need for the play-offs while the likes of Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain have to fight for their lives next month. It was another powerplay from Europe's financial heavyweight. Is it good for the Premier League? Absolutely. Is it good for football, or UEFA? Absolutely not."
"The biggest turn-off in sport is imbalance. We all love an underdog story - and Bodo/Glimt's achievements in beating Manchester City and Atletico Madrid despite being in their domestic close-season warms the heart - but they are few and far between in a world where money talks. Premier League money starting to dominate on continental stage The recently released Deloitte Football Money League shows that of the 10 clubs that generate the highest revenues across the continent, six come from the Premier League."
Five Premier League clubs advanced directly to the Champions League round of 16 while major European clubs faced qualifying uncertainty. The Premier League supplies six of the continent's ten highest-earning clubs, according to Deloitte. Premier League clubs spent more in the last summer window than Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A combined. Several domestic leagues are financially dominated by one or two clubs, reducing competition. Serie A lags due to weaker commercial strategies. Real Madrid and Barcelona top revenues but lack the spending power of Premier League elites, with Barcelona buying just one player over £50m since 2020.
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