Manchester United legend Paul Scholes says the Spanish LaLiga is 'by far' the best league in the world in an extract taken from his new book.
Writing in his book Class of 92 - Out of our League - Our Journey Back to the Heart of the Game, Scholes lambastes the quality of the modern English top flight and points to European showings to show Spain's superiority.
In an extract published in The Guardian, the 41-year-old pointed to Gareth Bale, Lionel Messi and Neymar as examples of quality players who 'you don't see in England any more'."
"I think Spain's by far the best league. The Spanish league is the best by far if you're judging on the European competitions.
"In the quarter finals of the Champions League and Europa League in 2015-16, they had six of the 16 teams. Nearly half of them. The Premier League just had two."
Scholes made 718 appearances for United, the third-highest number of appearances by any player for the club. Scholes announced his retirement from playing on 31 May 2011, receiving a testimonial match, and began his coaching career at the club from the 2011–12 season onward. However, he reversed this decision on 8 January 2012, and went on to play one more season before retiring again in May 2013.
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