What If The Premier League Was Americanised?

What with foriegn owners coming over here (and stealing our Football clubs) many feel that the heritage of English football is becoming further and further eroded. Many crazy ideas that are mooted by relatively new Premier League club owners are thankfully shot down due to the fact that they do not gain the two thirds majority required for them to become part and parcel of the modern game.

Ideas such as an american style closed shop with no relegation have thankfully been staved off for now, with 20 clubs in the Premier League 14 of those would have to vote in favour of new legislation. We do not quite have over 66% of the Premier League in the hands of foreign owners but we are getting closer and closer to the so called magic number. If and when that does happen then the landscape of the Premier League could change forever.

The guys at Clubline Football have looked into the future and mocked up what each of the existing teams would look like if they were to have U.S. type branding. Some teams will get a new colour scheme, some will be re-named to relate to their mascot or crest and some will be completely re-vamped to create a completely new-looking team.

We are not quite at this stage yet but it certainly does give you food for thought as we move closer to 2020 and beyond. Will we finally see the americanisation of the ‘best league in the world’, have we seen it already? It will perhaps never get to the idea below but just how close are we to Premier League games being played on the road. We are already seeing the Manchester Derby played in America later in the year in the International Champions Cup, is that just testing the water for a whole global game?