Premier League all-star team could face La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A counterparts - reports

Club executives are pursuing the idea of creating a Premier League all-star team to take on counterparts in Italy, Spain and Germany in glamour matches that could be staged across the world. Chelsea’s American owner Todd Boehly recently suggested a north v south all-star game for the Premier League, like in American sports leagues, as a way of growing audiences worldwide.

Ad But The Times reports that this is just one of several ideas being considered by executives, and a more popular proposal is to create combined all-star teams from Europe’s top leagues. Premier League'Incredibly arrogant' or 'worth exploring'? Boehly's All-Star suggestion splits pundits15/09/2022 AT 10:31 The games could be staged in Europe or across the world during summer or winter breaks, with the aim of continuing to expand audiences and improve foreign TV rights deals.

Boehly came in for criticism earlier in September after he said the English top-flight could learn “a little bit of a lesson from American sports” to earn more revenue. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was among those to laugh off the idea, pointing to what is already a clogged fixture list for elite footballers.

“When he finds a date for that, he can call me,” Klopp said. “He forgets that in the big sports in America, these players have four-month breaks, so they’re quite happy that they can do a little bit of sport in these breaks.