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MeMoses t1_iwm79g2 wrote

Reply to comment by will221996 in 2022 World Cup Rosters and Player Club Locations [OC] by BoMcCready

>The best developed leagues are England, Italy, Spain, Germany, France in that order.

What? Italy and Spain over Germany?

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will221996 t1_iwmas47 wrote

Spain over Germany is a bit harsh I guess. From the Global Sporting Salaries survey in 2019, the most recent one I think, salary rates in Italy are higher than in Spain on average per player, when you exclude the 3 giant clubs, real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus(who had the third highest wage bill in football that year).

That year, clubs with average per player salaries in GBP between 1.9 and 4 million were: 4 in Germany, 5 in Italy, with Lazio very close but just under, 2 in Spain. Spain had the poorest clubs at the bottom, followed by Germany.

The main reason I had Germany below those two however is because of how much Bayern dominates. In Italy you have 6 very competitive big clubs, in Spain you have 3, in Germany you just have Bayern Munich.

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MeMoses t1_iwmd4u9 wrote

Development of leagues is not solely based on salaries paid. It's about quality of clubs, infrastructure, fan services, attendances and much more.

>The main reason I had Germany below those two however is because of how much Bayern dominates. In Italy you have 6 very competitive big clubs, in Spain you have 3, in Germany you just have Bayern Munich.

That's when you only look domestically. But we have CL, EL, Conference League to look at how they do against each other and even if Bayern wins every domestic title, the other teams in the Bundesliga still do well internationally against Spanish and Italian clubs.

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