New Livepool chairman Tom Werner has put the controversial idea of a 39th game back on the football agenda. The idea was originally advanced in 2008 and would involve Premier League teams playing an additional competitive game in a variety of locations across the world including Asia, the Middle East and the United States.
New Livepool chairman Tom Werner has put the controversial idea of a 39th game back on the football agenda. The idea was originally advanced in 2008 and would involve Premier League teams playing an additional competitive game in a variety of locations across the world including Asia, the Middle East and the United States.
The idea was opposed by clubs, fans and governing body Fifa and seemed to be dead in the water. However, Werner argues that the EPL (as he calls it) is the top league in the world and use should be made of its global reach. In many ways it is an acid test of how far football can be globalised.