Bayern Munich's Uli Hoeness: Bundesliga only trails La Liga & will soon leave the Premier League in its wake

Outspoken club president believes his team plays in Europe's second-best domestic league behind the Spanish Primera and that the German top flight has the greatest depth



The German top flight has in recent years surpassed Serie A in the Uefa coefficients, and currently stands a close third behind La Liga and the English Premier League. However, Hoeness feels that the Bundesliga is not to be considered inferior to the EPL.



"We are currently number two behind Spain," he told Bild am Sonntag. "Italy, we have long left behind us; England, we are just about to leave behind."



No stranger to controversy, the outspoken president also hailed the Bundesliga for its wide distribution of quality among all teams.



"Based on the full breadth, I would consider the Bundesliga even today as the strongest league in the world."



It has been a decade since a Bundesliga team last won the Champions League. However, following a slump during the 2000s, German teams have had some more positive results in Europe, with Bayern Munich and Schalke reaching the final and semi-final of the Champions League, respectively, in 2010 and 2011. Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has opined that the Bundesliga is Europe's second-best domestic league.The German top flight has in recent years surpassed Serie A in the Uefa coefficients, and currently stands a close third behind La Liga and the English Premier League. However, Hoeness feels that the Bundesliga is not to be considered inferior to the EPL."We are currently number two behind Spain," he told Bild am Sonntag. "Italy, we have long left behind us; England, we are just about to leave behind."No stranger to controversy, the outspoken president also hailed the Bundesliga for its wide distribution of quality among all teams."Based on the full breadth, I would consider the Bundesliga even today as the strongest league in the world."It has been a decade since a Bundesliga team last won the Champions League. However, following a slump during the 2000s, German teams have had some more positive results in Europe, with Bayern Munich and Schalke reaching the final and semi-final of the Champions League, respectively, in 2010 and 2011.