Romelu Lukaku and Rio Ferdinand have already offered their opinions on an all-star Premier League match. And, the duo are in agreement as Todd Boehly's fresh proposal picks up momentum.
This week, the Chelsea owner suggested that the Premier League should host an 'all-star' event just like how the MLB, NBA and MLS do in the United States. Speaking at the SALT conference in New York on Tuesday, Boehly proposed a 'North vs South' match which would help raise money for the English football pyramid.
He also suggested that the current automatic three-team relegation system should be scrapped in exchange for a four-team mini-tournament instead. The American billionaire asked: "Ultimately, I hope that the Premier League takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports and really starts to figure out, ‘Why wouldn’t we do a tournament with the bottom four teams?'
