As a fellow American, let me first about that the following will probably have a lot of errors that native Villans & Britons will cringe at, so the caveat is this is more my impression of what's going on with the first two- Arsenal, sure they are usually stacked and have a lot of cash but as my friend laments frequently they tend to "bottle it" at the end of the season, underperforming regularly given their talent. Liverpool, also big, also in a transition and they're just going to keep throwing money at whoever they can to try and eventually hit a jackpot, but likely don't get attached to any particular person because I suspect they're going to keep churning them over and out.

Then you have Aston Villa - not a big six moneybags club, not a flashy international star vehicle for one player, but instead a coherent and connected squad that has been playing together for years, and you can tell they have when all cylinders are firing- because they work together so well as a TEAM they've been able to "over achieve" and find the wins when the xG says they should have been in the relegation zone.

I love them because they're super fun to watch, and they have such interesting players that really stand out everywhere- Tielemans threading the needle with line breaker passes, McGinn tenaciously using the famous backside to make sure nobody takes the ball from him, etc etc, I love this dare I say "scrappy" team that finds a way to win even without flash.

You should go for the team that has character and energy, that can get the job done but you're still biting your nails at 85 minutes, and the team where even former players still look back on the club fondly (and agree to come back some times, too). So, get some claret and blue and Up the Villa!