The EPL swallowed the poison pill when they allowed Arab and Russian Plutocrats to buy their football clubs. They now control the league and all non-fiefdom clubs have to march to their drum or be relegated. Leicester won the EPL Title in 2016, they are now in the Championship. Clubs are carrying too much excess baggage, more matches are scheduled to justify it. ManCity has 27 lawyers on their payroll, Juventus gets kicked out of European competition.
American Sportscasters have poo pooed on football for decades, yet football in North America continues to grow. Messi is energizing MLS while the Spanish/Italian Tour of the Southwest is a sell out everywhere they go. Gerry Cardinale took massive heat for selling Tonali, he's spent more on players than what he got from Newcastle. No decent highlights of Barcelona vs Milan yet.
Tonali will be miserable as a Geordie.