Soccer-Klopp unimpressed by Boehly's idea for All Star game


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 14 Sep 2022

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group A - Liverpool v Ajax Amsterdam - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - September 13, 2022 Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp looks on during the warm up before the match Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea owner Todd Boehly's call for an 'All-Star game' in the Premier League similar to those played in the United States has been given short shrift by Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp.

American Boehly, head of a consortium that completed a 4.25 billion pounds ($4.91 billion) takeover of Chelsea in May, suggested in a conference in New York that a 'north v south' game would create revenue that would filter down the English soccer pyramid.

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