I have been arguing for years about this, it is not City, Chelsea or Newcastle’s fault that rich men bid to buy clubs, it is driven by the American owners of the likes of Liverpool and Man U, who started the non-footballing hype and began the TV rights, which eventually resulted in the Premier League being what it is right now. Namely, by far, the best league in the World. Remember when we used to watch the League Italia on TV a couple of decades ago? Now they seem so boring. Football isn’t soulless, look at how Leeds and Newcastle fans celebrated towards the end of being thrashed this week.