Manchester United legend Paul Scholes believes Sergio Aguero is the only Premier League player good enough to start for Barcelona or Real Madrid.
England's finest have come under scrutiny this week following Chelsea and Arsenal's defeats to Porto and Olympiakos and Manchester City and Manchester United's struggles against Borussia Monchengladbach and Wolfsburg.
Consequently, the retired midfielder is of the opinion that the quartet are lagging behind their continental counterparts – to the extent that only one player from their squads combined would enter Madrid or Barca's first team.
“If you look at the quality of player that comes to England, I don’t think we have the best players in Europe or in the world,” Scholes told BT Sport.
“The best players are at Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. I think the level below that is probably Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus. And under that is where the quality of English clubs come into it.
“I really don’t think it’s any surprise. When you think about the quality of players we have, do you think any of the players at our top clubs now would get in the Barcelona team? I very much doubt it.
“They wouldn’t get in the Real Madrid team or the Bayern Munich team. Maybe Sergio Aguero is the exception.”
