Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is unimpressed by new Chelsea owner Todd Boehly’s idea of a US style ‘All-Star game’ in the Premier League.
Boehly, part-owner of baseball team the LA Dodgers, and basketball sides the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Sparks, suggested a north v south game.
He said he hopes the Premier League takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports.
The German was asked about Boehly’s idea after Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Ajax in the Champions League.
Klopp, who has previously been critical of the crowded football schedule, responded: “When he finds a date for that he can call me. In American sports these players have four-month breaks.
Boehly, who led a consortium to a £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea in May, also put forward the suggestion that relegation places for the top-flight could be decided by a four-team tournament, rather than the usual format of the three bottom sides going down automatically.
The American pointed out that there is no relegation in the major sports in the US, with the worst performing teams getting first picks of new talent in a draft which leads to accusations of teams “tanking” for an improved pick.