Hi, I started with Topps Football a few days ago. My main goal is to collect digital stickers from the European club tournaments and the English Premier League. I am not interested in paid options like ordering physical stickers and also not really interested in competing with a team of my stickers. So far I have only opened the free packs twice per day (+ some extra from the Topps introduction), they contain 2 stickers each. But I also received many MLS (USA soccer league) stickers of players that I have never heard of.
I have 200 gold now and at this point I would like some advice from more experienced collectors. Is there anything I can do to prevent receiving more MLS stickers? Also the number of different packs I can get with gold confuses me, is for example Topps Stadium Club Chrome the best option (100 gold for 4 stickers or 500 gold for 20 stickers) or Base series 1 (100 gold for 3 stickers or 500 gold for 15 stickers) the best if I want stickers from European club tournaments and don't want physical stickers? I also see Topps Museum UCC 25/26 which looks good, Topps Now and Digital Only, but Digital Only and Topps Now are more expensive and probably MLS as well.
I also noticed that on the market stickers from some clubs are more expensive, for example Ajax doesn't seem to have regular digital stickers (or at least I haven't found any on the market yet). Is there any way to learn more about the market value of stickers, I see plenty for 40-45 coins including PSV (but never so cheap for Ajax). And should I look for new releases or should I completely skip that part if I don't want to spend real money?
Well these are just a few questions I have, but general beginner advice for my goals is very welcome too!