The global appeal is crazy. Even for non-English players, you get to hear in their interviews of how the EPL is the most-watched league in their countries.
The economic value of the league is just insurmountable, reason you see even the relegated teams get prize money as much as some league winners in other countries.
Yep it's quite unreal. More unreal is that it's starting to have a positive impact on the national team, I dare say because of the level of competition they have around them now