I was thinking the same way about the English teams and I think the teams in the premier league usually got much better performance than other teams even if they spent more money. The reason is mostly because of the quality of the league we see in the French league just PSG is investing and spending money Also they don't have a good competitor there while in the premier league, there is a close race and all the teams are racing for the champions league ticket which can make them ready for this tournament.
If we are able to watch finances of top leagues in European leagues then surely we can understand things in better way with English teams are much superior in finances which are clearly giving them good edge in quality and performance with mostly other European leagues are not able to attract investors like England which is surely not ideal situation in England we have nearly seven to eight teams at same level which are fighting for the top spots but in other leagues we have no luxury like this Germany having only Bayern Munich and Dortmund with France is enjoying with PSG and Spain is having only two giant clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona.
In Italy, we are having few changes but due to recent covid issue they are also facing the worst situation and few top clubs are not able to spend huge amounts for bring quality players so if they are able to have settled things like this hopefully quality and performance improved, and they will be having better results in Champions League as well.