How long before those inflated fee for mediocre players begin to turn to paying for actual quality players?? I think at the moment, unless the Champions League money increases significantly, there is a more chances that the EPL teams will become burdensome in the transfer market, especially the big EPL teams like Utd, City, Chelsea. I would not be surprised if the next Neymar signs for an EPL team over a LaLiga team
They already do
Man City got the biggest Brazilian talent where Real and Barca were also very very interested.
If I talk about mediocre players, I talk price/quality wise. It's just ridiculous what English teams pay for mediocre English players or players in the premier league.
Even Real and Barcelona cannot compete with sugar daddy teams like Man City who invested more than 200 million this transfer window.
Just take Payet for example, Valencia sold all their star players, just like every other team outside the big three did. West Ham and even Leicester can hold on to their star players.
And another thing: the Premier League is just crazy attractive for advertising. Man Utd gets figures Barcelona and Real Madrid can only dream of. Most La Liga teams don't even a shirt sponsor. Even a team like Atletico Madrid couldn't get a good shirt sponsor a few years ago.
But football is changing all the time, nothing is forever. La Liga is finally getting in the global selling of the TV rights and I can't imagine Sky paying these ridiculous sums for that long.
And to conclude, I just want to say that the premier league is worth the money. They did what no other competition did before with their view on monetization and looking at the Asian market. You cannot blame people for doing their job good.