How Todd Boehly's All-Star plan could work with the Premier League's North and South going toe-to-toe

We were probably naïve to think that the headline-generating machine that is Chelsea Football Club were about to embark on a more serene, low-profile era post-Roman Abramovich. Very much to the contrary, Todd Boehly has marched into town and set about making sure everyone knows who he is and what he’s all about.

Ad From either a carefree or careless spending approach that has seen a whopping £250 million outlay on players this summer, to firing Thomas Tuchel after just a handful of games, the Blues' American owner is now making suggestions about changing the game in this country as a whole. Premier LeaguePotter's Chelsea in-tray: Gelling new signings, finding goals and the Kante problem4 HOURS AGO Stating that the Premier League can «take a bit of a lesson from American sports», Boehly wants to see a ‘North v South All-Star game’, which he says could generate income for the rest of the football pyramid in this country.

Now, given this is a nation that is resistant to even the suggestion of change as far as football is concerned — the 39th Game, Operation Big Picture, the European Super League – it has been no surprise to see Boehly’s idea dismissed and laughed off without much consideration, by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp among others. 'Does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters?' — Klopp laughs off Boehly's all-star idea Potter's Chelsea in-tray: Gelling new signings, finding goals and the Kante problem But here’s the thing, would it be so much of a bad idea? Leaving aside the fact it would require crowbarring such a game into an already-packed schedule, the risk of injury to star players and the question of whether the money generated would actually filter down the pyramid, is it really the worst idea? Here at