Bournemouth proprietor Invoice Foley wouldn’t assist any plan to play Premier League video games exterior England.
In an unique chat with BBC Sport in Santa Barbara throughout his membership’s pre-season tour of the USA, Foley stated he was too respectful of the sport and its followers to suppose it was a good suggestion.
In Could, world governing physique Fifa stated it was organising a working group to evaluate the potential impression of aggressive home matches being performed abroad.
The Premier League has beforehand stated it had no plans to become involved, though Spain’s La Liga is hopeful of staging video games in the USA within the 2025-26 season.
Bournemouth are one in all 10 Premier League groups taking part in pre-season video games in the USA this summer season.
“I imagine what we’re doing as we speak – and there are different pre-season video games – is what we needs to be doing,” stated Foley.
“By way of taking part in precise Premier League matches in America? We should always play within the UK. That’s the place they belong. I’m very respectful of our followers and the entire system. I would not need to be concerned in altering any of that. I imagine for those who discuss to our followers at Bournemouth, they suppose Foley truly respects our system and respects our heritage. And I do.
“Premier League video games in America? No.”
Foley reportedly paid £120m for Bournemouth in December 2022.
He took the controversial resolution to sack supervisor Gary O’Neil in June 2023 regardless of the membership ending fifteenth. He was rewarded with a Twelfth-placed end final season underneath Andoni Iraola.
Bournemouth are a part of a multi-club possession mannequin that additionally contains Foley’s Black Knights Sports activities and Leisure group holding vital stakes in French membership Lorient, A League outfit Auckland FC and Scottish Premiership aspect Hibernian.
Foley additionally spoke to BBC Sport about Bournemouth’s European ambitions and striker Dominic Solanke’s future after his 19-goal Premier League marketing campaign final time period.
