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50 title-winning seasons in Europe’s Top 5 football leagues
Have you ever wondered what would it take for a player to be the record league title holder in Europe’s top 5 football leagues; The English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1. With four of the five leagues having recently wrapped up the season after a recent resumption following the lockdown, we can now review what Liverpool’s EPL win after a 30-year-long wait means, what Real Madrid’s 34th Spanish league victory symbolises, Bayern Munich’s coronation as Bundesliga champions for an eighth successive season and 30th overall and Paris Saint Germain’s early title win having only played 27 of the 38 games. Serie A continues, with most teams having four games to play, with Juventus set to win an unprecedented ninth consecutive top title, even more impressive considering their woeful style of play this season. But being dominant is what you can expect from them now.
Real Madrid legend, left-winger Francisco Gento López, in his 345 appearances for the Los Blancos, won a record 12 La Liga titles in his native Spain - in a golden era for the club from the capital that saw a sextuple win of European Champions Club’s Cup, a brace of Spanish Cups and a single 5–1 aggregate Intercontinental Cup victory over Uruguayan club Peñarol. Barcelona and Argentina captain, and arguably the greatest of all time, Lionel Messi follows with 10…
