Another weekend was spent at the Premier League took centre stage, with a meeting between its two best sides of recent times — Liverpool Manchester City — the headline act at Anfield.
The ever-increasing appeal England’s top flight is fuelling a desire for global expansion and This column was published in September 2021 that executives want to hold “meaningful” games overseas, although league officials moved to insist that regular-season fixtures were not currently part of the plan.
As the first step on a roadmap to hold “competitive matches in strategic markets”, the proposal was to organise an “enhanced pre-season tournament” in the United States during the summer of 2022.
The idea was thwarted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the idea remained on the table and the competition will take place in 2023.
Details are still to be finalised, but it is likely that the event will take places in late July. It could be six Premier League clubs, divided into two groups, playing in two round-robin friendlies in multiple locations on the east or west coasts of the US.
It would benefit greatly from Premier League branding. Major stadiums would be sold out, while sponsors would be interested in the event and significant broadcast rights deals would be made.
