Ftsis 2007: Gill – Premiership Game In US ‘unlikely’

David Gill, chief executive officer of Manchester United, told the FT Sport
Industry Summit that it would be ‘unlikely’ that the Old Trafford club would
play a Premier League game in the US.

With a number of US sports leagues staging competitive games in the UK, it
has raised media speculation that the Premier League would make a similar move
by staging a match across the pond in order to grow its international audience.

Gill poured scorn on such a move saying that it would be an unlikely
scenario.

He said: ‘It’s highly unlikely and certainly not going to happen in the
short-term. Given the hectic schedule of the Premier League it would
logistically very difficult and personally I just can’t see it happening.

‘You can never say never and in the end it’s a decision for the Premier
League as a collective body as opposed to one club but I can’t envisage how it
would work.’