Jurgen Klopp has wasted little time in pouring scorn on Todd Boehly's fanciful plan of a Premier League all-star game - by joking the Harlem Globetrotters should make an appearance too.
Chelsea co-owner Boehly - who also owns Major League Baseball side L.A Dodgers - proposed his ambitious idea for English football to follow the lead of sports in his native America whilst speaking at the Salt conference on Tuesday.
“People are talking about why don’t we have more money for the pyramid? MLB did their all star game this year," he said. "They made $200m from a Monday and a Tuesday, you could do a North vs South all-star game from the Premier League to fund the pyramid very easily.”
