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Written by Zico Kelly
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Friday, 08 February 2008 |
So the English Premier League is considering playing some games outside England and in major cities across the world. Is this purely a greedy scheme to make wealthy Premiership chairmen even wealthier? Or is it a genuine attempt at giving millions of fans who live thousands of miles away in foreign lands a chance to see their heroes?
Betway.com has the best English Premiership football odds. Sports-Odds.com has examined the opinions of some Premier League bosses to hear what they think. All in all most seem positive, with the exception of Sir Alex Ferguson!
 Sunderland manager Roy Keane thinks that playing abroad is a good thing. Change is sometimes a good thing he says and this is
Aston Villa manager Martin O´Neill says he has an open mind about it. He think it is innovative, there´s some positive things to say about it. But also some negative things.
Reading manager Steve Coppell says that because 200 countries watch the Premier League on a regular basis it is inevitable that the game will go global.
Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan says that playing games all over the world affords an opportunity for fans chances who normall can´t watch their heroes.
Manchester City manager Sven Goran Eriksson says that the manager of the England team may not be so happy that his players could be dragged out to far reaching places like Tokyo or Kuala Lumpur.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says that he is furious that the Premier League plans to play abroad was not discussed "in-house" before going public.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 08 February 2008 )
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