A THREAD: Why this morning I have woken up and decided that EPL rookie stickers from 2020 onwards will never hold any real value and I won't be buying them for 'investment' purposes going forward. Go on ebay and try to find a 20-30 year old soccer sticker in amazing condition...

It's very, very difficult. Stickers back then we're stuck in albums or hidden away in boxes and are now being uncovered. Take Mason Greenwood 2020 sticker or Curtis Jones 2021 sticker. The print runs on these stickers must be in the hundreds of thousands, easily. As there...

Has to be one for every person who wants to complete the album, plus Panini stock them on their website. I'd expect they shift more than 100k albums in a season. With the boost to the hobby, lots of people are getting these Greenwood/Jones stickers and top loading them...

As a 'long term investment'. 10, 15, 20 years from now there will be thousands of these stickers in immaculate condition. How can something like that hold long term value? Scarcity is important. Take the Haaland rookie sticker. If that was an EPL sticker would it be £80?...

Highly unlikely. But it was in the set of a smaller nation with much lower print runs and so it has scarcity + an amazing player. Imo, the EPL sticker sets are too overproduced to ever hold real value, especially now we are in an age of people buying the stickers for 'investment'

Rather than sticking in an album. So for me, no buying these stickers for that purpose as in 20 years I can probably pick up the Curtis Jones 2021 sticker for the same price I can right now.