The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[The Fury]

Goatseye said:

The Fury said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28542813

La Liga as the biggest league in the world? thoughts? La Liga could be big and attract the best players but the question is why doesn't it now? Do 'those' 2 teams mean only the truely big players want to go there and only to them while the attraction of big money in the Prem outweighs the other team?

Well, you answered it. If Atletico M and Valencia get their ish together La Liga might attract even more players.

Is that the case though? Atletico has shown this season that Barcelona are not all that other than in name. Atletico won the league, Real won the CL. Yet 2 big players have left AM for a team with neither achievement to their name (didn't win their domestic or CL) while they have attracted one new one is Griezman (a great signing) but it seems more players are happy to play where they get paid the big bucks and use clubs like Atletico as a stepping stone to Man City, PSG or Chelsea.