An old tweet from former Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has resurfaced after Chelsea owner Todd Boehly said that the Premier League should look to organize an all-star game.
Ferdinand tweeted back in 2011 suggesting an all-star game in the Premier League. The former defender was impressed by the viewership numbers that the Major League Baseball All-Star Game did that year. He suggested that the same sort of event should be organized for football, specifically the Premier League. The legendary centre-back tweeted:
"Baseball All-Star game tonight, tv coverage is quality. We need a PL All-Star game too...the powers that be let's talk + develop this...."
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly recently claimed that an all-star game in the Premier League should be organized. Boehly is also the co-owner of MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers and NBA side Los Angeles Lakers.
The businessman wants to implement ideas from those leagues in the Premier League. The American recently said (h/t Sky Sports):
"Ultimately I hope the Premier League takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports, And really starts to figure out, why don’t we do a tournament with the bottom four sports teams, why isn’t there an All-Star game?
"People are talking about more money for the pyramid, in the MLB All-Star game this year we made 200m dollars from a Monday and a Tuesday."
He further suggested a North vs. South All-Star Premier League Game:
"So we’re thinking we could do a North versus South All-Star game for the Premier League, for whatever the pyramid needed quite easily."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reacts to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly's claims
Jurgen Klopp was notified by the media about the Chelsea owner's recent claims. However, the German tactician didn't entertain the idea with too much of an interest.
The former Borussia Dortmund coach stated that unlike English football, American sports have a longer period of rest each year. Hence, it won't be easy to schedule that type of event.
The Liverpool manager added that it's hard to imagine players from rival clubs like Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur playing together on a team that is not their national team. He said:
Jasmir☆8☆Ynwa
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Next he going to say EPL all star vs WWE all star can make more money 😜
jusilmopry
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I think Klopp just showing he is out of his league. Todd is a business man and owner of the team. It is his place and job to think of ways to continuously improve the business whereas Klopp is an employee whose responsibilities are defined for him by the owners. people should stop this culture of thinking if someone has a different way of thinking or doing things then they are wrong. Different is not necessarily wrong. Fresh ideas are needed even if eventually they are not adopted but help to improve the existing system
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American sports have a 4 month break because they play almost every day baseball plays 162 games in the span of 6 months basketball 82 games and even more if the teams makes the playoffs, it’s already demanding for the human body to play that much in such a short time
Unitedforlife6
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dreams league has all star game so I don't see anything bad to have it in EPL
dream league is a super league that includes all the teams
Rabcdekmsz
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dreams league has all star game so I don't see anything bad to have it in EPL
intense game that would injur players for real season just so Todd can make more money for himself. sounds like a money hungry goblin. dosnt care about football only
Rabcdekmsz
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Fans can be funny.This man is a business man and he will always talk from business perspective.Criticising Boehly is unnecessary.
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but he knows nothing of football, try imagine everton and liverpool players playing together with manchester city and united players together haha. imagine if they got injured and mis the actual league as thy play 10months not 8monthd. people already complain about the afcon and nations league etc. that's a really intense game that would injur players and it would be a friendly no club reward in silverware sounds like a waste of time. bet ya he wants adds down botton and sides of my screen to the money hungry goblin
Tibbcdklrt
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dreams league has all star game so I don't see anything bad to have it in EPL
in your dreams bro
sunnysayus
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Fans can be funny.This man is a business man and he will always talk from business perspective.Criticising Boehly is unnecessary.
Ebie2000
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That’s why footballs got internationals….. common Todd 😩🤦🏽♂️
jmayd
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dreams league has all star game so I don't see anything bad to have it in EPL