Todd Boehly's All-Star suggestion splits Rio Ferdinand, Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher

Rio Ferdinand believes “people missed the point” of Todd Boehly’s idea for a North v South Premier League All-Star match, while Jamie Carragher and Thierry Henry have slammed the idea. All-Star games are annual events in American sports including the NFL and NBA, where the best players come together to face each other in a one-off match.

Ad Chelsea owner Boehly suggested the Premier League can learn “a little bit of a lesson from American sports” and claimed his bold proposal could “fund whatever the pyramid needed very easily”. Champions League'He thrives on this stage' — Hargreaves praises 'almost priceless' Haaland12 HOURS AGO “People will look at it and go, ‘Wow he has just come in here and after three or four games, sacked the manager who won the Champions League, spent £250 million, outlandish behaviour etc’,” Ferdinand told BT Sport.

“But I think if you listen to it in its entirety, one of the real things that was missed was how to get money down the pyramid of football if you can get all of the hoops jumped through. “The mere fact that he mentioned it is obviously in his mindset, whether his ideas are outlandish… it is obviously something that you would definitely consider.

“Now I think that speaking about that type of thing publicly, and knowing how English people in the media receive suggestions like this from people that are just coming new to the game, he was probably better off going to the powers that be and having a roundtable discussion, seeing how it would have been received. “I like the idea of an All-Star game but there so many things to consider – the insurance, the players welfare.” Salah and Haaland? Kane and Saka? How Boehly's All-Star plan could work Guardiola says Haaland 'emulated Cruyff' with