#4 The unpredictability
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Liverpool perfectly encapsulate the topsy-turvy nature of the Premier League. To have a better record against the top six teams in the league than the bottom six is a statistic probably unheard of across the rest of the top leagues in Europe. Teams like Everton and Southampton also seem to roll up a sleeve and find something extra when the big boys visit their stadiums.
No Premier League contest is a foregone conclusion – teams like Leicester and Wigan can go on winning streaks, while a giant like Liverpool can go more than a month without winning. No one really bats an eye anymore at such results.
Leicester winning the title may be a one-off incident – but how many leagues around Europe are capable of pulling off such an event even once? Leipzig have given way to Bayern in the Bundesliga after a promising start, and PSG is also back on track after a stuttering beginning to the season.
Around Europe, the status quo is being re-established; while the Premier League doesn't even have one to start with.
With the inflow of TV money, every single Premier League club has attained financial muscle to outbid solid European/ midtable clubs from other countries. Stoke City's signing of Shaqiri was but just one example of relatively modest PL clubs outbidding clubs with European ambitions.
Leicester’s signing of Slimani, Everton’s signing of Lukaku, Sunderland’s signing of Defoe – all serve to show how far the Premier League has come.
