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HummelsPremier League Critique Faces Media Rebuttal as He Begins Two-Year Amazon Pundit Role

Competing coverage contrasts present Champions League qualification data with analyses of English squad expansion since 2023/24.

Overview

  • Mats Hummels, who retired in summer 2025, is serving as a Champions League analyst for Amazon Prime Video this season.
  • On his podcast, he disclosed a two-year contract with Amazon and said early on-air nerves quickly gave way to comfort.
  • During this week’s coverage with Christoph Kramer, he argued the Premier League has unmatched breadth yet lacks dominance commensurate with its spending.
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung situated his view in a broader shift since 2023/24, describing how English clubs used wealth to deepen squads and raise the league’s baseline level.
  • BILD rejected the critique, citing that five of the eight teams directly into the Champions League last 16 are English and pointing to Tottenham’s 2–0 win over Dortmund.