The story of Leicester City's season seems to be nothing short of a fairy tale. Just last year the now title favourites were stuck in the relegation doldrums as the Championship beckoned menacingly. Survival was itself a miracle until now, where the title is theirs to lose with just nine matches to go.
Admittedly the Foxes have played remarkably well aided by inspired performances from their star players Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy. An exciting and explosive brand of football which is probably worthy of Champions and yet that feeling of them not quite deserving the title sort of creeps up and there are a few reasons why.
Firstly, if the Foxes do end up winning the title it would probably be by the lowest points tally for quite some time, if not ever, which could mean a more competitive league or generally poor showings from the more favoured sides. Furthermore, the traditional giants have just not showed up this season with the defending champions going through the greatest of all collapses and Manchester United and Manchester City failing to utilise multi-million pound investments. A congested fixture list for the top teams also seems to have crippled their title challenge but then again it is nothing new, they cope with it year after year.
It just seems like the general quality of English teams has decreased allowing motivated minnows like Leicester and West Ham to creep into the top positions. This plunge in quality is made clear by the consistent performances of other European giants like Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Real Madrid. The Premier League seems to be failing to attract or keep top talents which would explain the supposed equality in the English game. All teams big and small are fishing for players in the same pond of rejects from Europe's true elite.
The rift between Leicester and Barcelona best illustrates how far the English game has fallen from its former grace.
Source: DSG
