It is also the league that has lost the fewest international players compared to the other five big European leagues.
INDIA: There are several competitions and leagues that bring a large number of players to the World Cup, but after the end of the group stage, and with half of the teams already eliminated, it is LaLiga Santander that remains the league that brings the second most international players to the event in Qatar.
Thus, with nearly 60 players of different nationalities, who will play in the Last-16 round, LaLiga Santander is only behind the Premier League, and ahead of the other three major European leagues (Bundesliga, Serie A, and Ligue 1).
The Spanish top flight thus accounts for 22.3% of the players in the European Top 5 for the Last-16 round, who come from 15 different LaLiga Santander clubs.
It is worth noting that, despite being in second place, LaLiga Santander is the league that has lost the fewest players since the start of the World Cup, with -28.9% of the original volume of players. The league that has lost the most players from its original volume is the Bundesliga (-48%), followed by Serie A (-40%), Ligue 1 (-37%), and finally the Premier League (-31.3%).
“We are proud that nearly 60 top players from our competition are still in the World Cup at such a crucial time. We have a high level of representation and we are sure that, as the competition progresses, this will be maintained,” said Javier Tebas, President of LaLiga.
This Tuesday, the teams that will advance to the quarter-finals will be decided, with players from the five major European leagues battling it out to be among the four best teams in the world.
