Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech believes the money injected into the Premier League from television rights has made England's top flight more evenly contested.

Arsenal missed the opportunity to go top in the league following a 4-0 loss to Southampton on Boxing Day, but remain among a host of teams still in contention for the top spot.

Cech suggests the increased revenue the clubs will experience will only make it a tougher competition to win.

"If you look through the squads [in the Premier League] you have so many international players playing everywhere," Cech told Arsenal Player.

"It is not only about international players wanting to come and playing for the top six teams but they want to come and have this experience of the passion and everything that surrounds the Premier League - it is special.

"Every team nowadays with the new image rights and TV rights contracts, has more money and more possibilities to bring in even better players. It is tougher and tougher to make the difference but every game is becoming more difficult.

"If you don't do the right things, sometimes you can get away with that but not many times."