Football / Soccer / Calcio / Futebol / Fußball

I'm a Barca fan, but the EPL is easily the best league in the world right now. And it's probably going to stay that way for a long time, because their revenue far exceeds everyone else's. The best managers in the world right now are probably Pep at Man City and Klopp at Liverpool. De Zerbi at Brighton, Arteta at Arsenal and Ange at Spurs, also very exciting. The Prem hogs most of the talent.

It's also the best marketed league, in every sense: the "production" of EPL games feels like a show, an event, with might appeal to you if you're into American sports. Atmospheres generally great too, only Germany has better crowds out of the top leagues. Sound mixing on the broadcast is important too. The EPL gets it right, other leagues, not so much.

You don't have to pick a team to support, it might come naturally. And if it doesn't, that's fine. I'd just try to catch every Man City game, because Pep won't be managing forever, and he's one of the greatest coaches of all time, probably #1.

Would also follow Tifo Football and Tifo IRL on YouTube for tactical explanations, football history, player analysis etc.. The YT algorithm will suggest similar channels too. Just take everyone's analysis with a grain of salt; football isn't a science, and everyone says some dumb stuff once in a while.

You should always try to watch games like El Clasico/Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, Bayern vs. Dortmund, games between the Italian big 3 (Milan, Inter, Juventus), but if you wanna focus on one competition, one "storyline" so to speak, then it should be the EPL.

Also: you can use something like this to get an idea over which teams might be worth watching. Look up what these xG, xGA etc. values mean. They're not a perfect indicator of what truly goes on in a game, but they're nonetheless based on real life events, and aggregated by professional statisticians.

So for example if team A has scored 30 goals in 15 games, from an expected goals (xG) value of 35, while team B has scored 30 in 15 from an xG value of 25, then that means team A generally creates more chances, but is worse at converting them into goals. And chances are exciting. But it also means team B has more efficient finishers, and it's also exciting to see players convert low value chances into goals.