Todd Boehly already has 'model' Cole Palmer plan sorted amid salary cap revenue boost
There's no doubt that football is the world's biggest sport. From the west coast of Chile to the far reaches of eastern Russia, there will be football fans.
But despite almost the entire world embracing football as the dominant sport in their culture and society, the U.S.A is one of very few that have relegated it to a background event. Of course, you have the likes of cricket in India, rugby in New Zealand and baseball in Japan but these countries still hold huge football followings.
But with the MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL having such a hold over the core sports scene across the pond, it's no wonder that the Premier League is putting so much into trying to break the mould and grow its worldwide fanbase. Things like the league's partnership with Apple TV's Ted Lasso will help to bridge the gap — even if AFC Richmond aren't a real club — and Chelsea's American owner Todd Boehly has done what he can to acknowledge that growing fanbase in his home country.
Speaking at a one-on-one session earlier this week, the Blues owner highlighted how the sport he's come to appreciate since arriving in West London nearly two years ago must first connect with young audiences before broadening out to those with less free time and one way of doing that is to give them someone to connect with.
«You have to make it relevant to them [young people],» Boehly said via the Athletic. «And I think the sport is becoming more and more relevant. The window that they have on the east coast in particular Saturday morning and Sunday morning — where there’s nothing really that competes with other sports — really gives it a great opportunity to reach.»
Of all the players Chelsea could offer the US, Cole Palmer fits the bill the best by far. Through hard work,
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