Leicester City full-back Christian Fuchs has made the startling claim that the Premier League is a better league the Bundesliga, which he described as ‘boring’. Fuchs speaks from a position of experince having played for most of his career in the Bundsliga, while enjoying a title challenge with Leicester City.
Speaking to Bild am Sonntag, Fuchs revealed his opinion of both the leagues, saying “Honestly, I think the Bundesliga is boring. In 95 per cent of cases Bayern win the match. In England, the level is much higher and anyone can beat anyone.”
Given that most foreign players stuggle to adapt to the Premier League, Fuch’s immediate success with the Foxes is particularly noticeable, as the Austrian noted his affinity to the English game saying “The game is allowed to flow much more in England. That's really cool. I enjoy all my bruises every week.”
Fuchs has been ever present in the Leicester back-line, although his opinion of the Premier League might be coming from a position of bias, especially after Borussia Dortmund’s 3-0 hammering of Tottenham Hotspur, both being 2nd placed sides in the league, makes the Austrian’s words sound rather ignorant.
Fuchs praises the spirit in Leicester camp
Fuchs places Leicester’s incredible form this season as the best spell of his career, although the reason he gives for Leicester’s isn’t a surprise to the Austrian, saying “It is primarily the result of hard work. In addition, the club is an absolute oasis of wellbeing. Everybody fights and runs for one another, there is no envy. We just go out, want to have fun and win.”
“It makes me proud but it's not entirely surprising. I noticed the potential of the team in the summer training camp. The rest of the league is not bad, but we are just as good. It is a huge pleasure to play for this club.”
Similarly, Wes Morgan underlined the spirit in the Leicester camp, noting the banter betwen Jamie Vardy and Claudio Ranieri, saying “He is quite funny. He has a few one-liners, and the relationship between him and Vardy is the best – there is a lot of swearing involved but both give as good as they get.”
“At the same time there is definitely that fine line of how far to push him and he has made us know who is boss when it is time to be the boss.”
