La Liga - Ronaldo: Liga now better than Prem

Eurosport - Sun, 05 Jul 23:35:00 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo believes that La Liga will leave its English counterpart trailing in terms of quality next season following Real Madrid's massive summer spending spree.

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Madrid have taken the transfer market by storm over the last month and are close to smashing the £200 million mark on signings after agreeing deals for Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Raul Albiol.

And Ronaldo claims that will make La Liga a cut above the Premier League, telling Spanish newspaper Marca: "The Premier League is a very good competition, but I think that the Spanish league is going to have a little more quality because of the players that are arriving."

He added: "Both leagues are going to be very good, but I think that with Florentino Perez's signings the Spanish league is superior to the English.

"It's going to be a magnificent competition in Spain this year. All the players have a lot of quality and the referees protect the players more."

Much is expected of big-spending Madrid next season as they look to hit back from a disappointing 2008/09 campaign, which not only saw them finish empty-handed but, adding salt to their wounds, also ended up with arch rivals Barcelona walking off with an unprecedented treble.

Madrid were also left red-faced once again in the Champions League, falling at the last-16 stage for the fifth successive year after being humbled 5-0 on aggregate by Liverpool.

The nine-times European champions will be desperate for a much better showing next year, especially with the final being held at the Bernabeu, and Ronaldo believes they will be amongst the favourites.

"To win the Champions League in our stadium would be a great dream. I think it's possible with all the players we have.

"(However), you need to recognise that the champions, Barca, had a great season and played very well. They have a great team and a magnificent coach. It's going to be a very important duel for Spanish and European football and very nice for all of us. I think it will be a great season."

PA Sport

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  1. suddenly ronaldo`s an expert on spanish football and he­ has`nt even kicked a ball there yet,
    mind you he­ probably said that about the EPL just cos he used to­ play in it.
    The arrogance of this chimp !!!!

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Mon 6 Jul 6:52AM

  2. . so it starts already this is Madrid's marketing­ machine telling CR what to say and like a good little­ puppet complies. Sure The Spanish league Madrid can go­ and buy all the best players. CR Madrid and Barcelona­ have the best quality players not the Spanish League ­ the Spanish league is going to be reduced to a 2 horse­ race which will actually reduce the entertainment value­ of the league. In terms of excitement, Global appeal,­ popularity the EPL is untouchable This is what money­ can't buy.
    Football unfortunately like it or not ­ is about money now not about talent. Its not about­ Managers team tactics players, youth training. but­ the power of the Cheque books

    From Tim B, on Mon 6 Jul 6:03AM

  3. ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE IS BY FAR THE BEST FOOTBALL IN­ THE WORLD. I NEVER LIKE SPANISH FOOTBALL..FULL OF­ ARROGANCE AND BIG NAMES WITH NOTHING TO SHOW...POOR­ CRISTIANO, HE WAS LURED BY MONEY - MONEY JUST LIKE HIS­ FACE WORTH A DIME... ENGLISH PREMIER ROCKZ AND MAN U­ FOREVER!!!! -PHILS

    From ihon, on Mon 6 Jul 5:48AM

  4. 343 absolutely spot on. Ronaldo tanslated to English­ means "strong cow or bull ..." which is quite­ funny really since Ronaldo speaks a lot of bull and­ also spends most of his time rolling on the grass, once­ again very much like the cow or bull. Of course when­ Mr Arrogant moves to Italy in 2 seasons that will be­ the best league in the world ...ah well.

    From will, on Mon 6 Jul 5:28AM

  5. fussy ego diving ronaldo!!!hate­ u

    barmawibahidi,m'sia

    From Barmawi, on Mon 6 Jul 5:14AM

  6. the fact is,he is nothing whtout sir alex n man.united­ evntgh he's totally good in pitch,....just let him­ go wit his "f****g dream" to be in spain and­ let him get his own "f*****g dream" just like­ the other big names lost in their dreamland except 4 my­ legendary­ zidane.glory..........man.united.

    from:barmawibahidi@s­ aratok.m'sia.

    From Barmawi, on Mon 6 Jul 5:01AM

  7. LA LIGA ARE ALWAYS BETTER EVEN WITHOUT HIM.LA LIGA IS­ BETTER LEAGUE THATS WHY HE WANT TO COME TO SPAIN.BUT­ NOT BECAUSE OF HIM. HE WILL END UP LIKE BECKHAM AND ALL­ MADRID GALACTICS IN THE PAST.HIS CAREER WILL DIVING­ DEEP.

    LAST SEASON-SAVIOLA,VAN­ NISTELROOY,DRENTRE,PEPE,HUNTERLAR ,VANDER VAART,EVEN­ THE COACH ARE SUPERSTAR-BUT STILL THEY CAN`T BEAT­ BARCA(WITH YOUNG LOCAL PLAYER&ONE BEST PLAYER­ MESSI)

    SAVIOLA ARE BETTER WHEN HE WITH BARCA BUT WHEN­ HE CAME TO RM,HE`S NOT. I THINK MANU SHOULD GO FOR­ SAVIOLA.HE WILL SHINE AGAIN(BUT NOT WITH RM).LASTLY FOR­ RONALDO,MY COMMENT IS MESSI BETTER THAN HIM.

    From Ahmad P, on Mon 6 Jul 4:08AM

  8. i don't think Ronaldo has to say that. he's­ making the Englishmen a bit more angry with that. just­ prove it on the field.

    From anestesista, on Mon 6 Jul 4:05AM

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    From kentgad35, on Mon 6 Jul 4:00AM

  10. He belives he is $hit

    From alinouri_1990, on Mon 6 Jul 3:23AM

  11. when this @#$% was in ManUtd, he was saying that­­ Premier is the best leuge in the World and with money­­ he change his mind, what a @#$% and stupid. All of the­­ EPL teams can beat the best teams in the world, but La­­ liga has only 2 teams that is getting better and they­­ are not that good.

    From alinouri_1990, on Mon 6 Jul 3:23AM

  12. Ronaldo you are a great player but know @#$% Premier is­ great because of the great security in stadiums they­ have 4 big teams and not just 2 and referees are part­ of the great premier league because they respect a­ tough game.

    From Roon Ferdinand, on Mon 6 Jul 3:05AM

  13. The @#$% thinks one team makes a league typical Man U­ thought process

    From Ronsenglish, on Mon 6 Jul 2:37AM

  14. manu forever...til now,i stil cant believe that ronaldo­ had made the move...we all know how big his­ influnced..we wish him all the best..hopefully,manu­ will succeed again...and produce more quality­ player..damn real madrid please dont take our­ A.VALENCIA againn..we know wat valencia can impact­ united move..huhu

    From benval_beal, on Mon 6 Jul 2:32AM

  15. Ronaldos just trying 2 make a good impression in spain.­ Fair play. I proberly would. Dont agree though. With­ the possible exeption of united all the big four will­ get stronger and theyve dominated the champions league­ for a few yrs now. The thing that makes the premiership­ great tho is how competitive it is. Real spending­ 400mil isnt guna change that or anything.

    From mindmanipulator_jn, on Mon 6 Jul 2:10AM

  16. Arrrggg! I'm so sick of the same $#!+­ comments..... soccer, football, futbol, knattspyrna,­ sokker, podosfero, zúqiú, etc. all are different words­ for the same game so GET OVER IT! now on to the item­ ACTUALLY at hand here in this article, Ronaldo is­ correct. The flux of talent is now favoring La Liga. ­ The EPL had it for the last 4 or 5 years, Serie A for a­ few years before that. This is just the ebb and flow­ of the game in Europe. For those wigging out,­ don't worry, it won't stay in La Liga forever,­ it never does.

    From shoo, on Mon 6 Jul 1:50AM

  17. Why are we discussing American football?? this is about­ Ronaldo-but as weare on the subject-it's not soccer­ it's football we play.

    From ANFIELD IAN, on Mon 6 Jul 1:34AM

  18. Right on smallkungfumaster (nice moniker geezer)

    He­ needs protection, the poor dear love, coz he is only­ little and doesn't like rough games-WELL LEARN TO­ CROTCHET THEN YOU BIG WET (FLIPPERED)­ GIRL.

    Doesn't the ground hurt you though every­ time you fall on it???? (@#$%)

    From ANFIELD IAN, on Mon 6 Jul 1:29AM

  19. when ronaldo says "the referees protect the­ players more".. he actually means "im more­ likely to get a free kick in spain if i dive"...

    From smallkungfumaster, on Mon 6 Jul 1:10AM

  20. 331 I think your find we already hated him this just­ gives us more reason to.

    From graham c, on Mon 6 Jul 1:06AM
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