Wayne Rooney believes the idea of a Premier League All-Star recreation would by no means work, regardless of its reputation in North America. The D.C. United coach has been tasked with main and deciding on a crew towards Arsenal on Wednesday, a primary for the Manchester United legend.

Bar the pandemic in 2020, the MLS All-Star recreation has taken place yearly since 1996. A convention now buried into the league's historical past.

Following his takeover of Chelsea Football Club final 12 months, Todd Boehly floated the thought of bringing an All-Star recreation of kinds to the Premier League. The American instructed groups from the North assemble a roster of their greatest gamers and tackle these from the South.

It was a suggestion that obtained huge backlash on the time, particularly from Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp. And now, as he leads his personal All-Star crew, Rooney was requested for his ideas on the potential of the spectacle going to the Premier League.

"I don't think it will work," he mentioned. "Everything over here (United States) is different. Culture is different.

"It's an enormous recreation right here however I feel in England the rivalry between groups, between the cultures, [they] will complain in regards to the gamers enjoying an excessive amount of and I simply do not suppose it would work. Over right here it is a part of this league. It's nice to be part of. But in England it would not work."

The Gunners boss Mikel Arteta was in agreement with Rooney, but conceived the concept could still happen.

"For me as an Arsenal coach to play towards the MLS All-Stars - nice," said the Spaniard. "If you ask me the opposite method round, if it is in the midst of the season then most likely the other if I needed to let a variety of gamers go. But I feel it is nice for the gamers to assemble collectively, probably the most gifted gamers within the crew. If I used to be a participant, for positive, I'd need to expertise that and, why not, sooner or later in will be completed."

It was in September when Boehly first mentioned the idea. He proposed: "Ultimately I hope the Premier League takes a bit of little bit of a lesson from American sports activities,” mentioned Boehly. “And actually begins to determine, why don’t we do a match with the underside 4 sports activities groups, why isn’t there an All-Star recreation?

"People are talking about more money for the pyramid, in the MLB All-Star game this year we made 200m dollars 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."

One man who wasn't impressed with the thought was the Liverpool boss.

"He doesn't wait long," Klopp responded. "When he finds a date for that he can call me. He forgets in American sports these players have four-month breaks so they are quite happy they can do a little bit of sport in these breaks. It's completely different in football. "Does he need to carry the Harlem Globetrotters as nicely?

"I'm surprised by the question so please don't judge my answers too much, but maybe he can explain it to me at one point and find a proper date. I'm not sure people want to see that. Imagine that, (Manchester) United, Liverpool, Everton, Newcastle players all on one team that's not the national team, just a north team. Interesting game. All the London guys together. Arsenal, Tottenham. Great. Did he really say it? Interesting."