The veteran Scot claims that although the English Premier League remains the most watched footballing spectacle in the world, the German Bundesliga is not far behind now and demonstrated their progress after seeing three teams getting into the knockout
stages of the UEFA Champions League.
During most of Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson’s era at the theatre of dreams, Manchester United have not only consistently won trophies, but the English football as a whole has progressed immensely.
Arsenal, Chelsea, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 and United themselves have been a regular feature in Europe’s biggest competition, the UEFA Champions League, however this time around thing have been quite different.
Only the Red Devils seemed to be at their best while plying their trade in the tournament and eventually topped their group, while Manchester City and reigning champions http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 were thrown out at the very first hurdle.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 struggled but managed to earn a berth in the latter stages of the competition, something which sides from Germany did quite easily this year.
Schalke, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich are all set for action in the remaining latter stages, with Sir Alex claiming that their subsequent progression was a major example of how the German league had made major strides in their recent development.
"The Premier League is still the most exciting in Europe. But Germany is very successful at the moment also. The great thing about our league is that anyone can beat you. It has always had that great quality and in general it is 100 per cent commitment,
which the supporters recognise.”
Continuing, he added that because of the lower ticket prices in the Bundesliga, quality football and beautiful stadia, the League had done very well in the last years and their progress was evident on the field.
"The crowds (in Germany) are fantastic and it is very cheap in relation to English football, which encourages supporter participation. The stadiums are great and the games are good quality with a lot of goals. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 is creeping up but ours is still the
most exciting. Europe has been disappointing for the Premier League teams over the last couple of years,” Ferguson was quoted as saying while speaking to the media.
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