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[@user-og9kr7tp6o]

I've watched a few of these football explained for Americans type reactions and it's hilarious just how unfathomable it is to them but to the rest of the world it's just normal, also I've noticed that when the reactor talks about American sports stars they don't realise the rest of the world ( except for a few exceptions) haven't got a clue who they are

[@bait1s]

my advice is not to pick a team just learn more about the clubs, find out when the big games are on and really involve yourself around the sport beyond reactions it’s like a relationship, don’t commit too early. the team that stands for what you like will become the team you love and only then you will be a fan there’s a lot of exciting teams to watch at the moment so just learn more and keep tabs on what they’re doing

[@CharlieyT95]

Aston Villa and Tottenham are those two teams that you were describing, big historic clubs that haven't won anything for some time.

[@kjdempsey]

What have Tottenham won?

[@CharlieyT95]

@@kjdempsey They won the League Cup in 2008. Which is more recent than Villa's last trophy.

[@hikhik6441]

@@kjdempsey audi cup lul

[@user-yx7nf9gn9t]

Champions 1961

[@dbasher9974]

On the spending thing: we have a thing that was called Financial Fair Play (now called rules profit and sustainability). The long and short of it is, you’re not allowed to spend more than you make- so that includes sponsors, ticket sales, merchandise sales, tv revenue, prize money for winning trophies etc etc. Every club needs to avoid making a loss of more than £105million over a three year period. So while there’s no ‘cap’, you can’t just give pay ridiculous transfer fees or salaries if it doesn’t align properly with your income. One of the problems with this is that a good number of teams are starting to have sponsors from their owners subsidiary companies, circumventing the rules

[@user-og9kr7tp6o]

Connor almost every country in the world has a football league

[@abasudoh7459]

The fact that Gibraltar has a league

[@laziojohnny79]

You don't pick a club, you fall in love with it and/or the passion is passed from father to son. Randomly picking a club, or changing clubs, is something only Americans would come up with.

[@gartgreenside3657]

True... but the other answer is "it's easy. you pick West Ham or I unsubscribe. Not joking."

[@laziojohnny79]

@@gartgreenside3657 LOL Well being a Laziale I kinda have to second that suggestion.

[@abasudoh7459]

I started supporting Arsenal because of Thiery Henry and he left less than a year after I started supporting them lol😂😂😂😂

[@InquisitiveBaldMan]

How can you not understand how no salary cap works.... Each club is an actual business or company. They can only spend the money they have. The more successful they are, the richer they get. And also if they do badly... they get relegated a league and potentially go bankrupt... It's do or die all the time. It's competitive at both ends of the league for the whole season.

[@ayeready6050]

I know its what they're called in the States but clubs are not franchises. They are much part of the local community. Franchise makes them sound like bloody McDonald's

[@andreiferariu]

Every (or most) countries on earth have a football league. Japan has a pretty good league, it's known for a lot of things like producing pretty good managers and good young players. There are a lot of great Japanese midfielders.

[@markthomas2577]

Tottenham Hotspur could be your team ....... they haven't won the league for over 60 years but are usually up in the top half, are considered one of the big six teams at the moment, have an exciting new manager and look to be upwardly mobile.

[@oeokosko]

They also only have a couple of chants so easy to pick up.

[@TheGabrielPT]

I hope you know that the Premier League is just one league, it's the english league. You have many other leagues, from other countries, who are good as well and have famous teams.

[@vikkieckersall6623]

Man city is my team, has been for 38 years. Only the last 10 years or so that we have come good. I have had some very stressful day's as a city fan, especially on the last day of the season in 2012!

[@dannjp75]

You mean when you got relegated to DIV 2 then paid for all of your titles with blood/oil money since? Man City are a tiny club with very few fans and a massive amount of money. And they’re being charged with 115 cases of financial cheating. For the second time. And they’re not even the biggest team in Manchester

[@diegoholm6307]

3:40 actually no hahaha. if your team ends up in the last position you basically got relegated to second division. But is a noble feeling. If you abandon your team because they got relegated you are a traitor

[@obijon7441]

Do you have English ancestry? Where did your ancestors come from? Support whatever their local team would have been. I didn't choose to support Hull City, geographic imperative meant I was born a Hull City supporter.

[@vallejomach6721]

UTT

[@user-sq4yr5tx7z]

yep that would be my suggestion or if it was the south west just go with Bristol Rugby Football club.:)

[@emekamonyei2158]

My condolences

[@jay_thebaguetteman]

I support Wolves and like you said supporting a team that’s in the middle is actually really good to watch, Wolves had been unbeaten for several weeks until now where yesterday they probably had the most entertaining FA cup match in the competition, I’m not much of a football fan myself but it’s very entertaining watching a mid team being able to do so well against the best teams

[@rumaanr1367]

If you go for Aston Villa then you are going for a historic giant who were founders of the football league and were the Man City for like the 1880s-1910s. We’ve pretty much won everything there is to win including the European cup (Champions League) but have spent the last 20 years on hard times including relegation. But after nearly going out of business in 2018, we have new owners who have turned our fortunes around and have employed potentially the best manager we’ve ever had (definitely in the premier league era) and we have a squad of exciting players who are continually improving under Professor Unai. We’re based in Birmingham which is in the middle of the country and our football ground is both historic and pretty and not a new soulless bowl. So if you want a team on the up, then Villa are a good pick. Oh and Tom Hanks supports us

[@PVPTawa]

There isn't a salary cap but competitions generally have financial fair play rules, you can't spend much more than you earn or you'll get punished be it with fines or point deductions, depending on how badly you've fucked up. This is also in place to prevent clubs from going bankrupt once they get relegated and their income is suddenly cut by a very large % from losing sponsors or less money for tv broadcasts as not every lower tier game gets broadcast, back in the day quite a few clubs went bankrupt this way, mainly in England.

[@richt71]

No salary caps in Europe but there are rolling amounts you can lose over 3 seasons (currently £105 million) called FFP. While these have been in place in the PL for a number of seasons teams previously got fines for breaking these amounts the PL have started docking points (which have serious financial consequences). Everton lost 10 points and are in trouble again. Manchester City are being investigated for 115 breaches of rules. Abu Dhabi (the country) ultimately own them.

[@declanrussell2232]

If you like Tottenham you should check out a video on their stadium. It has a NFL pitch under the grass pitch.

[@davebarlow6457]

Hi Connor. Once you pick a team to support you stick with it win or lose , this is how it works. You take the good times with the bad , this is what makes the game so exciting and fantastic to watch. You were going along the right lines thinking of Aston Villa to support , I would also recommend Newcastle , Tottenham or Brighton , these teams will all be in contention over the next few years and will give the likes of Man City , Arsenal and Liverpool tough games when they play them. Pick a team , stick with it and enjoy the ride. Good luck !

[@Owbfcudhd]

12:50 about 40% of premier players are British (215 out of 545). 174 of those are English. The Premier League actually has a higher percentage of foreign players than any other league in Europe.

[@mikebarr4765]

Hi Connor I'm from Manchester originally now living in Herefordshire. I'm a Manchester City fan and have been since the 70s and used to go to matches most weeks when we was at a different ground called main road located in moss side Manchester. Man city was the underdogs for years do its amazing to see how brilliant they are now days. Money doesn't always make a good team but man city's manager always seems to get the to gel. You can't go wrong with man city mate 😊

[@almostyummymummy]

One, if a team you support / follow goes through a bad patch of results/performance/seasons (to the point of relegation), you still follow/support the team. Two, there's also going down. A bad team can't only just go up. End of season, the three teams at the bottom of the table go down a division. (In this case, from Premiership to the Championship). With no guarantee they get promoted back to the Premiership that next season. As for salary caps, in the 3rd tier (League 1), there is. Players are capped at a maximum of £5,000 / week. No guarantee you'll be paid that much, but that's the limit. To avoid rampant overpaying and club's overspending on players. The top two tiers, it's assumed that by this level, the club's have the money to splash/burn. And with far too many American owners with far too much money who couldn't care at all about players/supporters/the community/management team, etc... players come in knowning they can expect/demand £200-400,000 / week. Pushing away, alienating the local supporters. Thereby ruining the sport. Premiership has 20 teams. Each team plays each other twice. As you cant play yourself, that makes for a 38 game season. P.S.: I'm not a supporter of a Premiership team. I support a 10th tier (amateur) team. Falmouth Town.

[@kimbirch1202]

The Championship is the second tier of the professional football league pyramid, in England, and is high quality, and very competitive. These teams are striving to get promoted into the Premier league. Some are big city clubs, like Leeds United, but many are not. You could have a favourite Premier League, and Championship team.

[@GamingCont]

Although there is no salary cap, there are regulations on how much a team can lose/spend in a season. UTV

[@GamingCont]

(Up the villa) and no we haven’t won anything in a long time our manager has in spain

[@amberanubis8336]

The American who you had in mind is Pulisic. He indeed played in premier legaue for Chelsea but moved to AC Milan in Italy before the start of this season

[@FaceFcuk]

Im up waiting 😂🎉

[@NK-bj8li]

Although there no salary cap. There are other financial regulations; for example, a team can’t have losses of greater then £105m in a rolling 3 year period. That means if u spend a bunch of money that u can’t make back, u might be fined more.

[@jillybrooke29]

Brighton near me on East Sussex coast, do you have an affinity with any parts of the UK to choose a team? Aston Villa from Birmingham, Midlands...the centre of England

[@gagawarrior5863]

If salary cap are really efficient… why it’s almost always the same teams on the top of the NFL , MLB etc . Of course more money you have more chances to win you have but to have several goods teams push the other teams to progress and find a way to compete with .

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

It's not the players wages that stops them being bought BUT it's the generation of money to the club that that controls the spending for example , The money that the club gets is from selling players and selling the kits ( can be up to 3 different sets , home and away and third ) , sponsorship deals for advertising on shirts , supplying the kits , naming the ground , ticket sales from supporters , television sponsorship for showing the matches all over the world ( not the half dozen in America ) 😅 plus the odd other bits. This is the allowance that they can spend ( think it's calculated over 3 years ) BUT the OWNERS are not allowed to give the club any new money !!!!!

[@beyond_hope]

Connor, for context, the video you are reacting to is about the top flight of the English League, of which there are 4 divisions. 20 clubs in the Premier League and 24 in each of the other 3. Totalling 92 professional clubs across the country. The media focus is always on the Premier League and most often the top 6 clubs but there is a lot of entertaining football below that. Don't be forced to pick a PL club if you don't want to.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

There is financial fair play which if you lose so much in over 3 season you do get a point deduction as Everton has found out.

[@ayeready6050]

You should support Glasgow Rangers, the quintessential British club 😉🇬🇧

[@dutts98]

There are rules that in place that mean teams can't overspend over a span of 3 years but theyre relatively new

[@dav147]

The Traditional UK Elite clubs are Liverpool and Manchester United, always will be, they also have the biggest rivalry as they're both NW England, Manchester City are the best currently due to huge investment, Arsenal and Tottenham are the biggest London clubs with also the biggest local rivalry, Chelsea have became huge thru recent investment but are now struggling.

[@darrentoon5332]

not how it works, you support where you are from

[@paultaylor9498]

Not always.

[@jay_thebaguetteman]

Not true, it’s a National thing, like you can support who you either grew up with or who your family supports, I support wolves but do I live there? No? I’m not going to support the place that I live since it’s an irrelevant team that is in the worst league, millions of people support man united and Man City and Liverpool all over the world, do they even live in the country? No

[@paultaylor9498]

@jay_thebaguetteman4169 very true. There's lots of reasons for it, not just 1 reason like you said

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

How is there so many cockney man utd fans then?

[@oufc90]

Absolutely 👍

[@Mickman007]

The wage cap thing who knows ? but I believe they earn so much money in the premiership that they have no more financial worries for the rest of their lives and that's when the trophy cabinet becomes more of a concern, I believe they want to achieve the biggest glories and thet's probably why Kane went to Germany.

[@svendemadsen8275]

Liverpool till i die, been a fan since age 9 back in 1984...YNWA!!!

[@lukespooky]

Everton supporter here, I didnt get to choose 😂

[@lewisjones3805]

Me to, but I chose to support them lol UTFT, ETID

[@bjornssecrets9299]

My profession is a football coach, so clueless. no to wage caps as we go to watch players not owners and it is them who'd get all the money, although spreding it around to all kids playing and those getting proper coaches at all levels would be a great thing plus make the nations players better eventually. Money talks but doesn't win, PSG thought they could buy the CL yet are still trying. Man City, it took them years and years. CFC, took them years and then with a replacement manager. basically all the big clubs and those with history are still there as history matters. They both win but don't win it all as you need many parts of a puzzle to make it all fit, even then! As for a team , your fit is Aston Villa imo. They are in the Birmingham area ( it is Birmingham ), they have won the biggest comp, they've not won anything in a long while plus the future king supports them and you can't understand a word of their squeaky accent. So you win even if you don't win. As for Spurs, well they look like contenders every year then fade away without fail. Plus it is SPURS of which Arsenal fans can explain...Ah there you have it, if you want to piss off your old school friend the Arsenal fan..... be a Spurs fan. Careful though as it pisses off everyone else as well when they're not laughing or pitying you! Oh and as for skills and fitness, every sport has different skills and fitness to what that sport needs, if though you want for me the best sport in the world combining everything a human excels at in sport then biathlon is the one. they need everything and then need to control it after skiing as fast as possible to stay utterly steady to hit a tiny point in the distance, standing and lying down. The world championships are starting very very soon, take a peak.

[@nothinghere7391]

After a long break from football due to a scandal regarding how my favorite team treated my favorite player, I picked the team who's story I liked the most. Brighton and Hove Albion. From nearly disappearing and playing in a local football ground not 30 years ago to fighting for champions league qualification. The owner is actually a fan of the club, not a authoritarian regime too

[@mattybob12310]

I think the Team you want, not won anything but looks like they can, is definitely Tottenham Hotspur, but, if you want the full experience of being a Football fan, you can't just abandon them if it's looking rough, you have to stick with them through hell. Also, Aston Villa are based in Birmingham

[@Londronable]

To discuss wage caps. No, I don't want them. People can argue that 2012 Barcelona, 1999 Manchester United, todays Manchester City are unfair in some way but to watch these teams play is amazing imo. I want to watch teams with a top 4 player in every damn position. Show us with peak football looks like. Dispersing the best players over many clubs would be awful for this imo. Never seeing the true peak potential of the best players in the world because they're held back by their mediocre teammates. Players like De Bruyne are already easily bothered by HIS teammates fucking up. I can't imagine him having to play with worse players, dude would go mental. Not to mention that removing consequences for fuck ups in football just sounds wrong. If you fuck up big time you're SUPPOSED to be out and fuck off to make room for teams that deserve it.

[@thomasferguson5478]

No salary cap, there is financial fair play rules so teams can’t spend more than they earn. It’s ruining football with the gap between rich & poor getting bigger. A salary cap could maybe be good if it was Europe wide and was set low enough that everyone could afford it

[@nathanhassen9830]

Look into Newcastle united, history from the start IE how Newcastle became united, then from 1990 (when they were given the nickname the entertainers) especially 95 and 96 when they finished runner up to man u ,the downfall of the club in the 2000s due to the club being purchased by mike Ashley, know as the Ashley era or the dark days, lastly the recent resurrection as Ashley was bought out and now Newcastle are the richest club in the world combined with loyalest, loudest and passionate fans playing an exiting brand of football Newcastle are a great side to take on

[@masonfletcher2314]

So there is technically a salary cap. You can't spend more money in a season than what you brought in. So the more money you make the more you can spend.

[@pixelbartus]

I think Liverpool will suffer the post Klopp depression for the next few years, just like Dortmund did after he left.

[@timohara5691]

This guy making the video sort of understands the Premier League but doesn't really know football. A decent video all the same.

[@hefttefla4372]

Nobody knows football unless they are getting paid by a big club to, A decent comment of all time

[@oufc90]

I support Oxford United who are in the third tier of English football

[@webbzz91]

Aston Villa is based in the UKs second biggest city Birmingham.

[@Raastoff]

Just see some games and the team will choose you!

[@jeanbicknell7887]

Aston Villa is my husband's team and was my father's too. Villa are the better of the two teams based in Birmingham. I have to say Connor that only grief awaits you if you support Villa. Famous supporters include Tom Hanks, who says he also liked the name, and Prince William.

[@rjhurst]

Tottenham Hotspur are rivals of Arsenal (both in north London) so that’s a good reason to choose them! Also, they haven’t won anything since 2008 but tend to consistently finish in a reasonably high position in the Premier League each season. Look like they could be about to achieve something significant any time soon! COYS! (Come on you Spurs!) They also have an amazing new stadium with a capacity close to 63,000.

[@markjones127]

If you want to support a team, there's really only one choice, Wrexham AFC, League 2 team with aspirations to get in the Premier League, they dropped out of the league system for like 15 years or so, last season they won promotion and are now sitting second and looking like getting promotion again this season, they have the Disney+ documentary 'Welcome to Wrexham' (Simply watching both seasons of this show will make you understand the English league system much more) and are owned by Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, they're known as Hollywood FC and even have a Hollywood style Wrexham sign in the town, if I was American looking for a team to support, this really would be a no brainer! And I'm not biased even though I'm Welsh as I support Liverpool, so if you're looking for a fairy-tale rags to riches story, Wrexham is it.

[@cecilialeitet2794]

I agree with you, I just feel it´s gonna be really difficult for Connor to find a way to watch them play. Its hard enough where I live so i can only imagine in the US. And watching your team is super important to become a real supporter.

[@markjones127]

@@cecilialeitet2794 In the US all Wrexham games can be watched live on iFollow for $178 a season, which is pretty cheap considering how much watching a full season of live games has been in the UK in the past.

[@Grason20]

Since this video is about the premier league, the closest equivalent is Luton Town.

[@markjones127]

@@Grason20 They won't be a premier league team in 2 months time, best support a team on the way up than on the way down.

[@davidatkins111]

Brighton is the team for you Connor. Never won anything, came out of nowhere, run on little money, and play great football, and you'd love the town ... it's unique

[@hikhik6441]

brighton sucks

[@davidatkins111]

@@hikhik6441Well done, concise and pithy. That creative writing course is obviously paying off!

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Aston Villa play in Birmingham

[@tripletrouble7345]

The original video is from October 2023. Almost 60% of all PL games have been played. So much has changed in the standings. To your point of rooting for a bad team, because there's only "up" - this isn't the US. "Down" does very much exist here. 🤓 Also, the original video's creator is annoying as fuck. I can't NOT mention this.

[@thomasferguson5478]

If you want to root for a team that’s playing good to watch football, has big potential but serves up loads of despair then Tottenham Hotspur is for you. They mess up so often the term ‘Spurssed it’ is a thing

[@albinjohnsson2511]

No, there shouldn't be a salary cap. Competitiveness is fun, but it shouldn't be enforced through handicaps. Clubs that accumulate success should be rewarded and allowed to build on their past success. The problem, however, is ultra-rich owners and hyper-commercialization. I cannot care about the Prem anymore because of how plastic and pay-to-win it has become. Other leagues have different systems and incentive structures (including supporter-owned clubs, which I always prefer). I'm Swedish and all our clubs are supporter-owned. We still have a dominant club at the moment. But I'm fine with it, they earned it the right way, and it won't last forever.

[@kimbirch1202]

To annoy your Arsenal supporting roommate, you should support Tottenham Hotspur ( Spurs ) their North London rivals. Or you could choose none of the " Big six " clubs , but go for a promising team, such as Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Wolves, etc. Or if you like supporting underdogs, go for a team that has never won the league. A true fan sticks with his team even if they get relegated.

[@lauz-im3ov]

The idea that Man City could field 2 world class teams is a fallacy. They actually have one of the smallest squads in the league. The trick is that the vast majority of their players can play multiple positions and they're enormously well-drilled to adjust tactically if needed, and they have one of the best managers ever to work in the sport.

[@maxproudlock7962]

Their bench is always really strong to be honest. Not 11 players but best depth in the league by a mile

[@toonbarmy4201]

If you don't mind the fact that my team Newcastle United is now Saudi owned they fit your criteria perfectly. Two years ago before the takeover they were battling relegation now they are in mid table looking up. They finished 4th last season but are not doing quite so well this season. They have not won a cup since since the 1968/69 season but now they are the worlds wealthiest team(dont let that put you off as financial fair play was introduced to combat specifically the ability Newcastle would have if restrictions were not in place meaning that although its still predicted Newcastle will soon break their baron spell it is still going to take a lot of juggling and effort to get there. But the trajectory is going up slowly but surely). Besides, Newcastle United have the most loyal fans in the League that have suffered over the years but they still show up in mass week in week out - over 52,000 of them even through the bad times. P.S. Man city are under a cloud having breached allegedly Financial Fair Play and face 115 charges. Everton got a 10 point deduction with 1 charge, so, Man City are in a position whereby if they don't prove their innocence they could be relegated - and possibly relegated down more than one league. Its all a bit up in the air with that at the moment so if you pick them its possible you could be flying south to lower leagues for a while.

[@toonbarmy4201]

While Aston Villa are doing well at the moment i also don't see them maintaining that run of form year in year out. They will fall to the wayside eventually. Probably in the next two seasons. :D

[@archstanton8078]

Aston Villa in Birmingham.William Prince of Wales and Tom Hanks are fans.

[@andreiferariu]

There is no good american in the premier league. You're probably thinking of Pulisic who is now playing in Italy and he's pretty mid.

[@Evasion381]

no salary cap, I'm against the financial fair play rules that force teams to only spend the money they earn and no more, it creates a monopoly for teams with bigger fanbases. Billionaires who are willing to spend their money to make a tiny team win the premier league I'm down for

[@julieb737]

Hallandale is 6 ft 3 inches

[@dirtyferrit1484]

nottingham forest till i die lol

[@mzaliwa]

Will Americans please stop apologizing for referring to Association Football as "soccer." The term was created in England to distinguish the game from (pre-split) Rugby Football, known as "rugger." Everyone in Britain knows the term and we occasionally still use it.

[@seanmcmichael2551]

@mzaliwa Yes, without that bit of interchangeability, we wouldn't have had the ITV sports presenter Dickie Davies giving us the spoonerism with what should have been "Now, let's have a look at the Cup Soccer". Here in Ireland we use Soccer very frequently, as Football refers to Gaelic Football.

[@nanakwadwoyannah982]

Not picking Arsenal is a good start

[@svendemadsen8275]

Please don't tell me you picked one from this....Let's find out...Consumer America, let's shop for a team, without really knowing anything about them or truly follow them. No passion, no love, fake fan.

[@emekamonyei2158]

There is a "salary cap", its called financial fair play. No one can just spend a billion dollars without stern consequences....which chelsea are about to suffer in a few months.

[@Cheddarhead7]

I would just follow the league as a neutral for the rest of the season and see who you feel partial to by the end

[@oeokosko]

You need to pick Manchester City Connor as they have just the best grass.

[@nilsatisno9964]

Before making the mistake of picking Liverpool, google ' Heysel ' an important part of football history. Never to be forgotten. A club with a murderous fanbase. A club owned by corporate America.

[@itsrichyx420]

newcastle united is one of them teams that hasnt won anything for decades but definitely are capable

[@Daniel-cp4bd]

No they aren’t

[@stupidmastiff491]

Just pick any Prem team to follow, doesn't really matter, but also start watching your local team. I imagine it's New England Revolution. Much better having a local team to support, you can get more involved.

[@montxogandia]

Your better choice is ironically Arsenal, a team that can win but hasnt in a long time, with rich history tbh. But mate, become an FC Barcelona fan, a fan owned club based on catalan-european culture, my club obviously ;)

[@mskatonic7240]

Hate how this guy keeps referring to the teams as franchises. Come on, English football teams are more than that to their fans. It's more like a religion than anything else. Franchise, I ask you.

[@ayeready6050]

Makes them sound like bloody McDonald's

[@rushikesh009]

You should support Spurs by listening your thoughts. (Good luck 😂)

[@kimbirch1202]

I think Premier league players get paid far too much, and yes there should be a salary cap. They are not that much better than lower league players, who get paid a fraction of the top players.

[@stupidmastiff491]

Yeah, the only way for shit teams isn't up. There's a whole pyramid for them to fall down.

[@julianbarber4708]

Aston Villa are from Birmingham.

[@gartgreenside3657]

Have you chosen West Ham yet or am I going to have to unsubscribe?

[@neil2345]

My advice is to pick any team that isn't Man City. 115 charges and they bought their way to the top anyway. Nobody born before 2004 gives them any respect.

[@kimbirch1202]

Many of the big clubs just buy proven " big name " foreign players for a fortune, thinking this will attract more fans. As weve seen with Chelsea, this doesnt always make them a better team. The progressive clubs develop their own youth players, and give them game time. Unfortunately, many are then sold on to the big clubs , who can pay them much more, and so the Premier league is always skewed in favour of the big six clubs. Like most areas in life, football is contaminated by greed.

[@markjones127]

There is a cap, there's FFP (Financial Fair Play) which every team has to adhere to, Man City have 115 charges of breaking FFP regulations hanging over them, a date has been set of summer 2025 for the charges to be scrutinised, and they could even be relegated to a lower division if found guilty, worst case scenario could even mean being stripped of past titles won, they're basically the Lance Armstrong of the Premier League, they have zero respect from any rival fans. Everton and Nottingham Forest have both had point deductions for FFP violations so far this season and Chelsea who have spent £1b on players in the last year or so are looking to be in serious trouble right now, they have to sell some players before the end of June to bring them back within the regulations, but they're going to basically have a 2 week window to do this and all the other clubs know they're basically f*cked so could demand much lower prices for their players than they want, they've even messed up their future spending for several years to come by giving their players ridiculously long contracts to get around FFP regulations, but those contacts will be deducted from what they're allowed to spend over future years, they're basically in a right mess, but other clubs like Liverpool for example, manage to work well within the FFP regulations as they have owners who are a bit more frugal, which has turned out to be a very good thing for them as they buy players much more intelligently than a lot of the richer clubs.

[@christannock2027]

My team is the famous Glasgow rangers WATP FTP FGAU RTID NO SURRENDER 🔴⚪️🔵🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🔵⚪️🔴

[@saf99999]

Comparing Arsenal to Digimon is taking the piss

[@gailsmith1808]

I was born in Hull therefore I support Hull City but there not in the premier league they are in the next league down Championship

[@vallejomach6721]

UTT

[@perfilgenerico8717]

What is there to understand about no salary cap? It's like any other company, It is what it is. But money isn't everything, chealsea and man u have more expensive rooster and are dogshit

[@leedsalex]

Leeds United are the greatest football team in England(maybe not playing wise) currently in league below, fighting to get back up.

[@timphillips9954]

Please avoid the so called top six BIG clubs. There is no passion from their fans and no links to the local community. In short these clubs are full of bad fans with even worse attitudes. My advice would be a team on the up with a local owner and real support, Brentford, Palace, Fulham, West Ham or Brighton any of these would be a good place to start looking.

[@dutts98]

YES pick Arsenal McJibbins

[@royramse7389]

Europe has FFP

[@matthewwalker5430]

If it is "ANYTHING but Arsenal" because of your old room mate... it HAS to be Spurs, it's the law. However, if it is Spurs, then words like "actually, maybe Arsenal" are a capital offence I feel like you're a Spurs boy to be honest. When you're describing a suitable team, you're basically screaming "Spurs". Also, don't support Aston Villa. Nothing against the Villans, one of my best mates supports them. Thing is, unfortunately they're from Birmingham, which means if you ever wanted to actually go and watch them you have to go to Birmingham. Don't go to Birmingham 😋. I know that sounds harsh, but I grew up just outside Brum and it is a dump, sorry. Spurs are based in North London - so much better for any visiting fans. You can pop over to London, enjoy the city, take in a few sights and a nice dinner and catch a game at the mighty new White Hart Lane, be either wowed or utterly disappointed by the team as usual, and get back home all in a single weekend if you so desired, with no need to venture anywhere near Birmingham. Also, very few Americans have actually really done well in the Premier League but, if you go for Spurs, you at least get to adopt Clint Dempsey as a bit of cult player as he did play for Spurs and he actually was pretty good too. 1 final point in the Tottenham box is that, despite being able to expect big signings and being relatively good whilst generally always falling slightly short of success, because the club is so well run Tottenham are 1 of the least likely out of any of the top clubs to fall foul of Financial Fair Play, something which is haunting many other top clubs like Manchester City and Chelsea at the moment. You don't want to be supporting a team that is great on the pitch, wins everything, and then has it all taken away because they spent too much!

[@djmercenary6588]

What's happening at Tottenham 😂 This video aged poorly really quick 🎉

[@contactlight8079]

Don't pick West Ham... We don't like plastics...go to Spurs

[@julieb737]

Halland’s 23

[@lassekristoffersen5906]

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