‘Best League in the world’ reputation takes battering

THE Premier League is the best league in the world, or so they say.

If you had a pound for every time you had heard that sentiment you truly would be as rich as some of the top performers who play in it. Perhaps the Premier League is the best. After all, it pays the top wages, attracts the most foreigners and regularly sees its top clubs reach the business end of the Champions League.

But if the Premier League is the best then how come out of the 44 players who started the World Cup semi-finals this week, only three ply their trade in it?