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Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller: Bundesliga is 'a stronger competition' than La Liga and Premier League
The young attacker has voiced his opinion that the English and Spanish competitions lack the quality in depth of the German top flight, which he reasoned is "more balanced."
Jan 12, 2012 8:00:00 AM
By Rahul Bali and Claas Philipp
Bongarts
Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller believes that the Bundesliga is superior to the English Premier League and La Liga.
The versatile forward feels that the German top flight has considerably more depth than its English and Spanish counterparts, because there are several teams fighting for the top five places in the Bundesliga.
"For me, the Bundesliga is a stronger competition than the English and Spanish leagues," Muller said to Goal.com.
"In Germany, there are a lot of teams that are fighting for a place in the top five. In Spain, there are only two strong teams, and in England there are four teams.
"There are several strong teams in Germany that can all beat each other. The Bundesliga is much more balanced in my opinion."
With Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen advancing to the last 16 of the Champions League, German will have two clubs in the knockout stages of the competition.
England has two representatives in the round of 16 as well with Arsenal and Chelsea. Spain also boast two challengers in Barcelona and Real Madrid while Italy still has three teams in the race to win Europe's elite club competition with AC Milan, Inter and Napoli.
The versatile forward feels that the German top flight has considerably more depth than its English and Spanish counterparts, because there are several teams fighting for the top five places in the Bundesliga.
"For me, the Bundesliga is a stronger competition than the English and Spanish leagues," Muller said to Goal.com.
"In Germany, there are a lot of teams that are fighting for a place in the top five. In Spain, there are only two strong teams, and in England there are four teams.
"There are several strong teams in Germany that can all beat each other. The Bundesliga is much more balanced in my opinion."
With Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen advancing to the last 16 of the Champions League, German will have two clubs in the knockout stages of the competition.
England has two representatives in the round of 16 as well with Arsenal and Chelsea. Spain also boast two challengers in Barcelona and Real Madrid while Italy still has three teams in the race to win Europe's elite club competition with AC Milan, Inter and Napoli.
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