The Premier League remains the most attractive football division in the world for global footballing talent, with more than 100 stars of the 2014 World Cup finals making a living at the 20 top-flight clubs. Although Spain is widely - and rightly - seen as the destination of choice for a few handfuls of the very biggest names including Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar and James Rodriguez, it is not so much La Liga as a whole that is the draw than its two biggest clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Spain as a whole is home to only 50 players on show at last year's World Cup, whereas the Premier League leads the way with 112 such players, ahead of Serie A (with 81) and Germany’s Bundesliga (75).
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Exclusive Sportsmail study shows the English top flight has most talent
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Despite the stars at Barcelona and Real Madrid, La Liga has half as many international players as the Premier League
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Spanish league did lead the way with the highest transfer fee following Barcelona's purchase of Luis Suarez
In this respect, La Liga - or rather the big two clubs there - led the way in 2014, with Barca buying Suarez for around £75m being @placeholder’s biggest buy.