#4 Premier League is far behind Europe’s elite
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It is no shock to see Premier League’s top teams falter on the European stage.
Tottenham failed to get out of their relatively easy Champions League group. Arsenal were routinely knocked out to Bayern Munich in an embarrassing display in the Round of 16. Manchester City squandered their lead to a very youthful AS Monaco team. It was Leicester City who were torch bearers of the Premier League - the only English team to make it to a Champions League quarter-final this season.
While Manchester United are in the Europa League final, it is not correct to say they are one of the European heavyweights - they will need to be on top form if they are to qualify for the prestigious Champions League next season.
So to have Leicester City, a team that finished 12th this season, represent the Premier League the furthest, pretty much sets the tone of how far they have fallen.
Football goes in cycles and eventually English clubs will come back around, but for now, it is increasingly disappointing to see, year on year, the Premier League ‘giants’ fall at the hands of teams that are operating on a fraction of their budget.
