No, at the end of the ban.
The best players in the world were in Italy at that time. They only left because the money in the PL was better, even if it meant a Step down in quality.
Our finest were being dumped out of the CL by teams from Turkey and Poland at the time; no one was attracted by the quality, and certainly not by the quality we'd had 10 years before.
Correct , would argue the premier league would still be in the top 3 for leagues , even without the money though
I would argue with you as well that the product of English football attracted investors because of its excitement and pace . English football is faster paced than a lot of European football . Italian football can be very slow paced and even at times boring which will put off investors . It’s for this reason I don’t watch la liga or serie a matches . I think this is why serie a also lost its investment
So in a way the players kind of did come here for our game . Just indirectly and as a result of the English game being a highly saleable product to a global audience