No Plans For Premier League Match Abroad - Masters

Premier League main executive Richard Masters says location are nary plans to play a top-flight lucifer overseas and that nan thought is "not anyplace adjacent my in-tray".

In nan past month, Italy and Spain's shot federations person revealed plans to shape convention fixtures successful Australia and nan United States, and are seeking support from Fifa and Uefa.

If successful, Spanish La Liga clubs Barcelona and Villarreal will look each different successful Miami successful December in what would beryllium nan first European convention fixture to beryllium played abroad.

And if support is granted, Serie A sides AC Milan and Como will meet successful Perth, Australia successful February.

Other one-off matches, specified arsenic nan Italian Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup, person been held overseas successful caller years.

The thought of nan Premier League playing an other information - nan '39th game' - extracurricular England was raised successful 2008 but nan plans were shelved aft disapproval from fans and nan media.

And, contempt erstwhile Premier League main executive Richard Scudamore saying 10 years agone that clubs were keen connected nan idea, Masters has downplayed specified a scenario.

"I don't deliberation it changes nan Premier League's position connected this astatine all, we don't person immoderate plans to play matches abroad," he said.

"It's not anyplace adjacent my in-tray and it's not a statement astir our table."

There are 11 US-owned clubs successful nan apical flight, person than ever to nan two-thirds mostly of 14 that is needed to enforce changes to nan Premier League's rules.

Last year, Liverpool president Tom Werner told nan Financial Times that he hoped to spot Premier League games played successful New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Riyadh and Rio de Janeiro, raising fears among immoderate fans of an attempted resurrection of nan '39th game' concept.

However, Bournemouth's American proprietor Bill Foley has said he does not support staging convention matches abroad.

Masters added: "The first point to opportunity is it hasn't happened yet. You request a full bunch of things to happen.

"The Premier League flirted pinch this complete a decade agone and nan logic was to turn nan convention internationally and we were capable to do this done different intends - integer means, broadcast partners, concepts for illustration nan summertime bid successful nan US.

"The necessity that was driving that conception has dissipated."

Premier League champions Liverpool get nan 2025-26 run started pinch their location fixture against Bournemouth astatine Friday pinch Masters predicting "a awesome season".

In a wide-ranging question and reply pinch BBC Sport, Masters besides discussed:

According to Transfermarkt,, external Premier League clubs person spent much than £2bn during this transportation model compared pinch nan £740m spent by nan 2nd highest-spending league, Italy's Serie A, and nan third-placed German Bundesliga's full of £520m.

Transfermarkt has Liverpool arsenic nan apical flight's highest spenders truthful far, pinch nan Anfield nine having made complete £250m worthy of signings, including making Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz nan summer's biggest transportation successful a woody worthy an first £100m.

Chelsea person besides paid retired astir £250m, while Manchester United person brought successful forwards Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha for a mixed first interest full of astir £194m.

However, in position of nett spend,, external United person nan biggest outlay, followed by Arsenal, Manchester City, Sunderland, Tottenham and Liverpool.

"I deliberation finance successful squads is mostly a bully point truthful agelong arsenic everyone stays wrong nan rules," said Masters.

"Squads will beryllium strengthened and that adds to nan competitory element. It's a superb operation of nan champion stars from astir nan world and homegrown talent.

"We're astatine nan commencement of a caller commercialized term... and usually you get a spike successful spending [with that]."

Everton precocious became nan 3rd Premier League team, on pinch Chelsea and Aston Villa, to waste their women's squad to nan genitor institution which owns nan club.

The move improves their compliance pinch nan Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules, which let clubs to station losses of £105m complete a three-year reporting cycle.

"Ultimately, I person to beryllium [comfortable pinch clubs doing that], nan rules licence it," said Masters.

"We person had tons of debates astir our array astir whether to alteration them and we decided not to, truthful whether I for illustration it aliases not that statement has been had and we move forward."

Ghana midfielder Partey near Arsenal erstwhile his statement expired astatine nan extremity of June.

Four days later, he was charged pinch 5 counts of rape against 2 women and a complaint of intersexual battle against a 3rd woman.

Partey, who denies nan charges, was granted conditional bail astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier this period and has since signed for Spanish broadside Villarreal.

The charges against Partey, who joined Arsenal from Atletico Madrid successful a £45m woody successful 2020, resulted from an investigation by detectives which started successful February 2022.

Arsenal head Mikel Arteta has said he is "100%" judge nan nine followed nan correct processes erstwhile dealing pinch nan midfielder, who made 35 appearances for nan Gunners successful nan Premier League past play and besides played 12 times successful nan Champions League.

Asked if he was comfortable pinch really Arsenal handled nan situation, Masters said: "I person to be."

He added: "What is clear to maine is that it is simply a business betwixt an employer and worker and it is for them to make that decision.

"The Premier League doesn't person jurisdiction complete those peculiar issues.

"I americium perfectly judge that our clubs return these situations highly earnestly and deliberation astir them very profoundly earlier deciding whether suspension is nan correct people of action aliases not."

A measure to found an independent shot regulator became rule successful July successful what Prime Minister Keir Starmer called a "proud and defining infinitesimal for English football" which would usher successful a "stronger, fairer future" for nan game.

The regulator, which is group to beryllium launched later this year, will beryllium independent from nan authorities and nan shot authorities and will oversee nan men's crippled successful England's apical 5 divisions.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says nan regulator will beryllium capable to make a quality but, successful nan meantime, location is financial turmoil astatine Championship broadside Sheffield Wednesday and Morecambe, who person been suspended from nan National League, and nan early of some clubs is successful doubt.

"What is clear is nan ownership situations astatine Sheffield Wednesday and Morecambe request to beryllium resolved," said Masters. "They are cases of bad ownerships.

"We are looking guardant to moving constructively pinch nan caller regulator. They will person powers to intervene successful these sorts of situations, and location is nary panacea to bad determination making.

"We dream those situations resoluteness successful a waste arsenic quickly arsenic possible."

A revamped Club World Cup took spot successful nan summertime erstwhile 32 teams, including English clubs Chelsea and Manchester City, took portion successful nan tourney successful nan United States.

Chelsea won nan title by beating Paris St-Germain 3-0 connected 13 July - conscionable 5 weeks earlier they commencement their Premier League run pinch Sunday's location lucifer against Crystal Palace.

City went retired successful nan past 16, beaten by Al-Hilal, connected 1 July and commencement their top-flight run astatine Wolves connected Saturday.

Former Liverpool head Jurgen Klopp called nan Club World Cup "the worst thought ever implemented successful football" because of "serious fears" complete subordinate welfare.

"We person to person a adjacent look astatine nan impact," said Masters. "We don't cognize what nan impacts will beryllium connected nan 2 clubs that participated successful nan Club World Cup.

"The Premier League has stayed nan aforesaid since 1994. All nan description has been successful European and now world football.

"There needs to beryllium a due statement astatine nan apical of nan crippled astir really galore matches players are required to play.

"I want our players to ne'er person to look nan prime betwixt wanting to play successful nan Premier League connected a Saturday aliases resting themselves for different games going forward."