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Premier League CEO, Richard Masters, said that there is no plans to play first flight matches abroad, insisting that “it is not a debate around our table.”
Masters’ comments come after the news that the football federations of both Spain and Italy are currently in talks with FIFA and UEFA about the plans to stage the league games in Australia and the United States this season.
In the event that the two governing bodies were granted permission, a league match between Barcelona and Villarreal could be seen in December played in Miami, in what would be a first team in the European League, who will play outside the country of origin-and a competition between the AC Milan series A Series and as it would take place in Perth, Australia in February.
The unique finals, such as the Italian Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup, have been held abroad during the last seasons, but Masters hurried to deny the first English flight.
“I don’t think the Premier League’s vision about this will change, we don’t plan to play games abroad,” said Masters.
“It’s not instead of my trap and it’s not a debate around our table.”
The concept of the Premier League playing a “39th party” outside of England was previously proposed in 2008, but the plans stopped after the criticism of the fans and the media.
And Masters said there was no need to review the idea soon.
He added: “The Premier League flirted with this more than a decade ago and the reason was to grow the league internationally and we were able to do it through different means: digital media, dissemination partners, concepts such as the summer series in the United States.
“The need to lead this concept has been dissipated.”
On Wednesday, the CEO of the Premier League also gave an update to the case that surrounded the Manchester City and the multiple positions of the club for alleged breaches of the League’s financial rules.
In 2023, City was charged with at least 115 alleged rules for a nine -year period from 2009 to 2018, and a twelve -week -old audience from the closed doors ran between September and December last year.
However, Masters said that the Premier League has no influence on the verdict or time for a decision.
“I can’t talk to -ne,” he told Sky Sports.
“Our rules are very specific, they say we cannot talk about things, as they take the charges and not until a decision has been published. We still look forward to this decision and I cannot talk about the calendar and speculate when it is.
“What I can tell you is the system and its operation: it is an independent judiciary. Once the allegations and charges are filed, they pass in front of an independent independent panel independently. And then they are in charge of the process and their time.
“They feel the case, they decide the result. We have no influence on this moment or their time. And it is just from an independent point of view, you have independent people who make these decisions. And we just have to wait.”
