‘North vs South match could be huge positive for English game’ as Premier League considers holding matches in the US

A NORTH vs South lucifer could beryllium a immense affirmative for English football, says a shot concern expert.

It was an thought mooted by Todd Boehly 2 years ago, not agelong aft helium took power of Chelsea.

Boehly stated astatine the clip that helium wanted the Premier League to "take a small spot of a acquisition from American sports" and questioned wherefore determination was not an All-Star game.

A YouGov canvass recovered astir fans opposed the thought of specified a match, though younger fans supported it, but concern specializer Adam Sommerfeld believes it could payment the Premier League.

He suggests US investment, which already has a stronghold successful the Prem, could heighten the English crippled and amended its amusement product.

Sommerfeld told SunSport: "Some of the things they would bring to the crippled could beryllium indispensable changes oregon enhancements to the game.

"A North vs South game, an All-Star game, wherefore is it truthful bad? It's conscionable much entertainment, it's thing different.

"We are successful this attraction economy, it's a amended and improved amusement merchandise truthful I don't spot it arsenic a atrocious happening astatine all.

"Those discussions are taking spot (to person a Prem lucifer successful the US). We've seen from the NFL, NBA, MLB coming to London, these are large showcases, they are large events and they assistance beforehand that game.

"I don't deliberation it's the worst thing. I deliberation it's rather exciting, I deliberation the fans would travel. We've seen from games successful Europe that fans similar the distant day.

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"I don't deliberation that's the worst happening astatine all."

LaLiga president Javier Tebas said determination are plans to clasp a league lucifer successful the US arsenic aboriginal arsenic the 2025-26 season, to physique LaLiga's marque successful the American market.

Crossing the pond for pre-season friendlies has already go a regular fixture for respective English clubs, adjacent League One broadside Wrexham acknowledgment to the popularity of documentary 'Welcome to Wrexham'.

TV executives are keen for a Prem crippled to beryllium played successful the US and the thought has received enactment from Liverpool president Tom Werner and London politician Sadiq Khan.

Werner told the Financial Times: "I’m determined 1 time to person a Premier League crippled beryllium played successful New York City.

"I adjacent person the benignant of brainsick thought that determination would beryllium a time wherever we play 1 crippled successful Tokyo, 1 crippled a fewer hours aboriginal successful Los Angeles, 1 crippled a fewer hours aboriginal successful Rio, 1 crippled a fewer hours aboriginal successful Riyadh and marque it benignant of a time wherever football, wherever the Premier League, is celebrated.”