Guardiola in agreement with Klopp over Boehly's All-Star idea

FT Desk

17 Sep 2022 01:00 CDT
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Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Liverpool, Man City — © ProShots

Todd Boehly has wasted little time in rocking English football's boat, spending nearly €300 million at Chelsea, sacking Thomas Tuchel, and now suggesting a North vs. South 'All-Star' game.

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Social media has since exploded with suggestions for North vs. South XI's, with Erling Haaland and Harry Kane leading the line in most people's respective suggestions.

Back in the real world, Haaland has hit the ground running since his €60 million arrival at Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund, scoring his 10 Premier League goals at a barely fathomable rate of one every 48 minutes he has played.

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp previously railed against Boehly's suggestion.

"He hasn't waited long!" he said. "Oh great, maybe he can find a date for it.

"It's completely different in America. Does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters as well?"

The Reds and Man City would no doubt make up the bulk of an All-Star team from the North of England, and Guardiola has now backed up his colleague.

'Give us a date'

"I don't have an opinion. No, no. I don't have an opinion. Not at all," he said, before admitting that Klopp had a point. "I agree with Jurgen, it'd be nice if they gave us a date when we should play."

How many Chelsea players Boehly would make available for a team from the South remains to be seen, but the Blues were the biggest spenders in world football this summer, dropping nearly €300m on players.

Wesley Fofana became the world's most expensive defender when he swapped Leicester for Stamford Bridge in a £75m/€80m deal, while Marc Cucurella is the costliest left-back after his £62m/€71m arrival from Brighton.

Graham Potter soon followed Cucurella to Chelsea, appointed to replace Tuchel after the German had been sacked with the Blues five points off of Arsenal's Premier League-setting pace after six games played.