Sadiq Khan has suggested that the long rumoured prospect of Premier League fixtures being played in the United States is now inevitable. Khan, a Liverpool supporter (largely an armchair one), told the Sports Agents podcast that he believes a stateside ‘international round’ of Premier League fixtures, similar to the NFL and NBL games played in London, was ‘the way things were going’: ‘They (the big clubs) have big fans in America. Why can’t those fans see a competitive game?… All 32 NFL teams have played in London, all of them have had a great experience. We have some of the top baseball teams playing in London’, Khan explained.
Nearly all the top clubs go on the road already
The idea provoked howls of outrage from the FSA (Football Supporters Association) earlier this year and a promise to oppose such a move with a ‘full blown two feet off the ground, studs up to the knee tackle’.
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