'He can call me': Jürgen Klopp slams Chelsea owner Todd Boehly's suggestion of Premier League All Star game

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly is making waves in the headlines right now after the managerial whirlwind in the form of sacking Thomas Tuchel and appointing Graham Potter. However, now in another interview he has dropped a bombshell that has sent Premier League fans in a frenzy.

Boehly had suggested that the Premier League should learn a thing or two from American sports and start a North vs South All-Star game that happens in leagues like the NBA, NFL and MLB.

"Ultimately I hope the Premier League takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports," Boehly said at the SALT leaders' conference in New York. "People are talking about more money for the pyramid; in the MLB All-Star game this year we made $200m 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," Boehly said.

However, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has completely opposed this idea of the All-Star game. He said that it is possible for American sports where they get a four month cooling off period. But in football it is not possible due to the hectic footballing season.

“He doesn’t hesitate, he doesn’t wait long! Oh great. When he finds a date for that he can call me! He forgets that in the big sports in America these players have four-month breaks so they’re quite happy to do a little bit of sport in these breaks. It’s completely different in football. What can I say? Does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters as well and let them play against a football team?” Klopp said in the press conference after their win in the UEFA Champions League vs Ajax.

In fact, Todd Boehly also suggested the fact that the bottom four teams in the Premier League should battle in a playoff style mini tournament to decide which three teams get relegated.