Premier League North XI vs South XI – what would Todd Boehly’s All-Star game look like?

Do you want to see an All-Star Premier League match? (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Do you wish to see an All-Star Premier League match? (Image: Getty/Metro.co.uk)

Chelsea proprietor and chairman Todd Boehly has made fairly the affect since arriving in west London earlier this yr.

Apart from splashing the money and firing and hiring managers, the American has been fairly vocal in suggesting what adjustments he’d prefer to see made to the English recreation.

His most up-to-date pitch is a north vs south All-Star Premier League recreation, harking back to these held on an annual foundation within the USA in numerous sports activities together with NBA (basketball), MLB (baseball), NFL (American Soccer’s Professional Bowl) and MLS (soccer).

Whereas the logistics of placing such a recreation on would show tough, the idea is definitely an intriguing one and would more than likely show standard with followers.

With that in thoughts, takes a have a look at what a Premier League All-Star recreation would possibly appear to be:

North XI

Given the geography of the present Premier League golf equipment, our North crew extra resembles the north and the midlands, with gamers from Aston Villa, Everton, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis, Manchester United, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Wolves all eligible.

With the intention to make sure that the big-six golf equipment don't dominate our XIs, we’re additionally limiting it to a most of two gamers from every membership, and we’ll do our greatest to get as many groups represented.

Manchester City Training Session And Press Conference
Would Pep Guardiola be tempted to handle Mo Salah and Bruno Fernandes (Picture: Getty)

With all that in thoughts, Forest’s in-form Dean Henderson begins in purpose, protected by Liverpool legend Virgil van Dijk and the ever dependable James Tarkowski of Everton.

The complete-backs will likely be allowed to get ahead as a lot as they need, with Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier and Metropolis’s Joao Cancelo amongst the very best within the top-flight.

Wolves’ Ruben Neves and Leicester’s Youri Tielemans can present each defensive solidity and creativity from midfield, whereas United’s Bruno Fernandes will likely be given extra freedom to hitch the ahead line.

Up prime was the trickiest a part of the XI to assemble given the wealth of attacking choices that the highest golf equipment possess, however finally we couldn’t look previous Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Metropolis’s Erling Haaland, who're joined by Newcastle star Allain Saint-Maximin.

As for the person in cost, Pep Guardiola appears the apparent selection given his knack for managing possession-based, world-class gamers.

Metro XI 4-3-3 v1 lineup
The likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kevin De Bruyne and Cristiano Ronaldo don’t make our North XI

South XI

As anticipated our South XI could be very London heavy, with gamers hailing from Arsenal, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Southampton, Tottenham and West Ham.

With Edouard Mendy struggling for kind, Brighton’s Robert Sanchez is in purpose, with Cristian Romero and Marc Guehi edging out their Tottenham and Palace teammates to kind the defence.

Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko additionally makes it in by the pores and skin of his enamel however at right-back it was unimaginable to not embrace Chelsea’s Reece James.

Southampton FC v Chelsea FC - Premier League
The excitable Ralph Hasenhuettl could also be good for an All-Star recreation (Picture: Getty)

On this very attack-minded aspect, West Ham and Southampton captains Declan Rice and James Ward-Prowse will likely be charged with much more defensive work, whereas the latter’s set-piece abilities will little doubt play an enormous half.

On the wings, the pace and trickery of Palace talisman Wilfried Zaha and Arsenal favorite Bukayo Saka will assist two of the deadliest strikers within the Premier League – Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Brentford’s Ivan Toney.

Choosing their supervisor is a tricky name, as whereas Boehly would favor new Chelsea boss Graham Potter and even Tottenham’s serial winner Antonio Conte, a 4-2-4 appears most fitted for Southampton’s Ralph Hassenhuttl.

Metro XI 4-2-4 lineup
Son Heung-min, Ngolo Kante and William Saliba are solely on the bench for our South XI

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