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Is the German Bundesliga now the best?

For years people have debated which league is the best in the world, LaLiga or the Premiership but what about the Bundesliga? Overlooked for years it is now making a comeback and boasts some of the best prospects in world football.

Attendances are one of the main reasons the Bundesliga is great with even the bottom club Borrusia Monchengladbach averaging 43,000 fans every week while in England current bottom club Wigan average only 16,000. The fans are also some of the most passionate around and games are all a cauldron of noise and colour with fans waving their clubs flags all over the stadium. I have been to games in Holland and Italy that had no atmosphere and are full of empty seats especially in Italy where even Derby games don’t sell out.

The main criticism of Spanish football is that its a 2 team league where either Real Madrid or Barcelona will win and in English football you have the top 4 that can win but the Bundesliga does not have this problem. In the last ten years 5 different clubs have won it and although mainly dominated by Bayern their is sometimes surprise winners like Wolfsburg 2 years ago who are now second bottom and this year where it looks as though Dortmund will win even though they finished 5th last year. The team that was in 15th last year Hannover 96 are now in the top 3 just imagine that in the premiership, Wolves would be in the Champions League places. Even at the bottom its unpredictable with great teams like Schalke, Stuttgart and Werder Bremen all in relegation trouble. Its certainly more competitive than other big leagues.

All the big names play in England, Spain or Italy i hear you say but i disagree. If you look at the leagues stars like Ribery, Robben, Barrios, Raul, Huntelaar or Van Nistelrooy they would walk into nearly all the teams in the world and out of all the leagues in Europe nobody can boast more emerging talent than the German Bundesliga. At the world cup one of the major stars was Bayern’s youngster Thomas Muller who could be one of the worlds best in a few years. A few other names that will be future stars include Bayern’s Toni Kroos, Leverkusen midfielder Arturo Vidal and Hamburgs Dutch winger Eljero Elia but the list is massive.

You just have to look at league leaders Borrusia Dortmund’s team and you will see some of the most exciting talent in Europe. Japanese youngster Shinji Kagawa has been the star of the season in only his first year in Germany and has been tagged “the new Messi” by most journalists. Kagawa is accompanied in the midfield by 3 other rising stars in Mario Gotze (who at 18 is one of Germany’s youngest ever internationals), Sven Bender and the “Turkish Xavi” Nuri Sahin. Even in defence Dortmund have wonderkids in Serbian Nevan Subotic and Mats Hummels. If  they can stop the big clubs from snatching any of their players, which wont be as hard as in other countries as German clubs can afford huge wages, they could be challenging for the Champions league next season.

So if you want a league that is competitive, full of stars and future stars has huge stadiums which are full of passionate fans and full of goals don’t go for England or Spain, for the German Bundesliga.

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