Chelsea boss suggests Premier League hosting All-Star game

2022-09-15 11:50

Chelsea boss suggests Premier League hosting All-Star game


In a recent interview with the media, Todd Boehly, the new owner of the Premier League giants Chelsea , suggested that the Premier League might follow the model of the NBA and Major League Baseball and host the Premier League All-Star Game between the southern team and the northern team.


Todd Boehly is one of the two major shareholders of Chelsea. In addition to owning Chelsea, Todd Boehly also owns shares in the Los Angeles Dodgers of American professional baseball and the Los Angeles Lakers of American professional basketball in the United States. Todd Boehly said in a recent interview in New York that he had informed other Premier League owners of this advice.


In addition, Major League Baseball and NBA Professional Basketball select the best players from each team every season, and then form separate teams for the All-Star Game, and through the All-Star Game, you can also gain Very high advertising efficiency.


Todd Boehly said in an interview that Major League Baseball made $200 million in revenue after two days of the All-Star Game, so he suggested that the Premier League can refer to this model, and the profits made can also be filtered out. more funds. So Todd Boehly believes that the Premier League should host a Premier League All-Star game between the teams in the north and the teams in the south.


However, Todd Boehly's suggestion has also attracted the ridicule of Liverpool coach Klopp. Even Liverpool star Jamie Carragher believes that Todd Boehly 's suggestion is very "arrogant".


On the other hand, in the Champions League group stage, after only scoring a goal with Sterling, Chelsea was tied 1-1 by Austria's Salzburg Red Bull, and Chelsea's new coach Porter's coaching debut also Failed to usher in victory.