Chelsea owner calls for controversial plan that could impact Newcastle United, Leeds and Everton

One Premier League manager was not impressed by the suggestion.
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The likes of Newcastle United duo Kieran Trippier and Bruno Guimaraes could take part in a new Premier League ‘All-Star’ game if new Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly gets his way.

The Blues chairman believes the Premier League should follow the example set by the NBA and MLB by opening up their season with a glamour friendly between two sides made up on players from clubs in the North and South of England.

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Under the proposal, Newcastle stars could line up alongside players from the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United in the North team.

The suggestion comes as Boehly outlined a number of plans to revolutionise English football.

Other proposals include a play-off scenario to decide relegation and promotion between the Premier League and Championship in a bid to further boost the already lucrative broadcasting revenue received by clubs.

However, it is the idea of an all-star game to launch the season that has caught the headlines.

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Speaking at a New York conference, Boehly said: “Ultimately I hope the Premier League takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports.

“And really starts to figure out, why don’t we do a tournament with the bottom four sports teams, why isn’t there an All-Star game?

“People are talking about more money for the pyramid, in the MLB All-Star game this year we made 200m dollars from a Monday and a Tuesday.

“So we’re thinking we could do a North versus South All-Star game for the Premier League, for whatever the pyramid needed quite easily.”

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The suggestion received a withering response from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who has been a constant critic of the fixture congestion suffered by Premier League clubs competing in European competitions.

The Reds boss said: "He doesn't wait long.

“When he finds a date for that he can call me. He forgets in American sports these players have four-month breaks so they are quite happy they can do a little bit of sport in these breaks. It's completely different in football.

"Does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters as well?”