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3) The gradual rise of competition for Juventus :
Yes, Juventus have been Serie A champions on the trot for seven straight seasons, and to a casual eye it may seem as one-sided a league as the French one, but the steady rise of Lazio, The Milan clubs (Inter and AC), Roma, Napoli, and Fiorentina has been very interesting to see.
Unless you were living under a rock for the past year or two, you'd know that both the Milan clubs over the past few transfer windows have made several signings to attempt to return to the heights they once scaled to in the olden days. Both those clubs have had players coming in and out of them like a conveyer belt, and while that does cause a lot of instability, both of them this year really seems to have discovered what their best lineup is and made several signings to further add to their strength that suit the style of play the managers play.
Inter have several top class players like Mauro Icardi, Ivan Perisic, Radja Naingollan, and Brozovic to name a few who have really helped Inter in starting to push Juventus in the title race, whilst Milan have recruited heavily and that team seems to be starting to gel together this season, and it's only a matter of time and a couple more signings before they are truly back competing with Europe's elite.
Both Napoli and Roma have been up there for a while now too, as Napoli were the best attacking team in Italy under Maurizio Sarri even after losing their best goalscorer to league leaders Juventus. AS Roma have been quietly working their way into the conversation of Italy's elite which was really helped by bringing in Sevilla's transfer market stalwart Monchi as the club's sporting director, who has made a number of signings to replace the old guard and usher in a new era of success for the club.
Due to these major factors and many many more things, the Italian league has slowly but surely returned in the running for being considered as one of the best footballing leagues in the world.
