( CNN ) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes Spain 's La Liga is the best football league in the world , and claims that England 's top division can learn from it . In an exclusive interview with CNN 's World Sport , Blatter pointed to the eight Spain-based players in the 2010 FIFA World XI and Spain 's World Cup success as justification . `` ( Looking at the World XI ) it must be the strongest league in the world , '' he said . `` And when you see the starting XI of the Spanish national team ( who won the World Cup ) , all of them play their football in Spain . The Spanish league also has the highest number of local players . '' Why were EPL players snubbed in all-star team ? Blatter told World Sport 's Pedro Pinto the lack of England-based players in the FIFA World XI undermined the quality of the country 's Premier League . `` The Premier League is the best-marketed league in the world , '' he said . `` It 's a good league , with good players , but when you consider not one player made the best XI of the world , maybe they should think about whether something can be adapted . '' The FIFA World XI featured six players from Barcelona and two from Real Madrid , with the other three from Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan . Among their number was the 2010 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi , the 23-year-old midfielder who beat his Barcelona teammates Xavi and Andres Iniesta to be named the world 's best player for the second year in a row . `` Leo Messi is what I identify as a wonderful football player and a good boy . He is really humble . It 's not a game he 's playing , he 's not an actor , '' Blatter said . Have your say on Blatter 's decisions . Blatter said Messi needed to win a World Cup before he could be compared to fellow Argentine Diego Maradona , captain of the 1986 champion side . `` When I compare Messi to Maradona , both are excellent , talented players . They could not be more talented . But the difference is their personal educational characteristics , '' Blatter said . `` One is still in football , modest and not trying to get into the extravaganza . The other did it . ''
FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes Spanish La Liga is best in the world . Eight of the players in the FIFA 2010 World XI play for Barcelona or Real Madrid . Lionel Messi awarded Ballon d'Or ahead of Barcelona teammates Xavi and Iniesta . Blatter hails Messi as a wonderful footballer who is humble and a `` good boy ''