The point i was making about him being higher level, was that whilst his team's average quality was the same as mine, he had a number of 7 and 8 star players, which are available to him in the transfer market (albeit being probably 4 or 5 star to him) but not to me.
If he was the same level as me, unless he spent heavily on packs for power training, the highest level players, realistically for him would be 6 stars, through the scout, which are a rarity.
In other words, he can easily buy better players than me, whilst id have to invest in scouts to match them.