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Well, in effect it's a world league as the players are paid big bucks to play in the league. It does have nominal links to cities, but they're flimsy and there do have to be a certain number of Indians in the team but it is, in essence, the situation you described, just all in India. I find it...

What's happened in cricket with the IPL, in other words?

I'm not being obtuse at all - however you cut it there are at least four games that aren't "glamour" games (I'm not convinced Spurs is that big a team overseas - what trophies have they won in the last 20 years?) And I really don't see why Hull v Palace is not saleable but Leicester v Swansea...

But that's a one-off - you don't have 10 Chinese grands prix. Yes, the big clubs would attract some bids but as you can really see a country offering millions of pounds to host Hull v Palace? As I keep saying, there aren't enough glam teams in the PL to attract that level of interest

Yes, I was thinking that just now. As I said, I think most would make a small loss on each game but the potential advertising is enormous. The other revenue stream is selling a TV stream to your own fans. If you're a Hull fan not prepared to travel to KL, you'd be happy to pay £10 to watch the...

I know that but that Sky revenue would continue whether Hull played in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai or Hull.

I've been thinking about that just now. If you're a team like Arsenal with 60,000 gates and you move to, say, Indonesia to a stadium with perhaps 80,000, are you going to recoup your costs? You're not going to charge anything like UK prices. The only way it would work would be to play in the...

... and Leicester v Southampton Sunderland v QPR etc The teams left out may actually suffer financial losses without home or away support (plus costs of getting to games) Mind you, the police in the north-east might welcome Newcastle v Sunderland in Shanghai - let Chinese police horses get punched

Yes, but that's not what's being proposed - it's for all the teams to do it and I can't see many of the others being a glamour draw

Not seen a thread on this http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/07/premier-league-38th-game-overseas-fixtures Looks a bonkers plan to me. Would tens of thousands people really go to watch Hull v Crystal Palace or Burnley v Stoke in China or Malaysia?