Big bucks can't guarantee success

Premier League's top spenders continue to struggle on pitch

Untold riches will rain down upon the English Premier League in 2016, but for all its resources, the country's leading clubs currently seem incapable of staking claims to the title.

The record $7.72 billion elevision rights deal due to kick in next year will reinforce the English top flight's status as European soccer's financial behemoth.