Too much focus on recent form here without context. Take Madrid for example, and I say this wondering where the dipstick Madridistas here are. Madrid while overrated on this forum just some months ago as better than they actually were (they should have never won the league for instance and as has been noted rode their "luck" amongst other things for a while) are now somehow being underrated. Well look up and down that squad and two things should come to your mind. First the talent they have that can still "bring it" if you will. Second, the importance of a top tier manager. At the moment their position in all competitions looks somewhat precarious, but count them out at your peril. One result against Spurs and Zidane's management shouldn't relegate them to somehow lesser than the PL's top ten sides.
Guardiola and City are another example. City are a fine side with what looks like some good depth in some positions, but they're squad really looks wanting compared to the likes of PSG, Barça, Madrid and Bayern. Guardiola gets laughably slated as a big spender on here while his achievement are chalked up to splashing the cash, but in reality that's clearly not the case and if you look at City's spending the last two Summers they're only really brought in 4-5 players who are going to make an impact. On top of that they'll need to continue to spend going forward to address a couple of key positions in the coming seasons.
So while recent results seem to be dictating the crowd favoring the PL at the moment, there's still a long way to go. And you can cite the money PL sides have, but despite they've yet to show any actual meaningful result demonstrating any sort of difference it's made.
