Jamie Carragher tore into Chelsea owner Todd Boehly’s “arrogant” suggestion the Premier League should do a ‘North vs South All-Star’ match.
The American businessman, who also believes the bottom four clubs of the Premier League could have their own knockout style tournament, also said the division could “learn a little bit of a lesson” from many of the sporting formats in the United States.
Predictably, his comments have not been welcomed at all by fans, ex-players, and managers such as Jurgen Klopp. In reaction to the ‘All-Star Game’ suggestions, the Liverpool boss mockingly said Boehly should convince the Harlem Globetrotters to play a football match, However, some of the strongest criticism has emanated from Henry and Carragher.Read More: 'Next sporting director' spotted at Stamford Bridge before possibly taking Chelsea role“I don’t like them,” Henry instantly said to CBS Sports, when asked about Boehly’s ideas. “This is Europe and it does not work like that.“Teams go up and down.
An All-Star game? For what?” While not quite with the same passion as Henry, Carragher said Boehly’s comments were “incredibly arrogant”.'I'll be honest with you, when I look at that statement I think is incredibly arrogant to speak about a league that you don't know,' Carragher said.Do you think an 'All-Star' game would be a good idea?
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