Boehly stated at the time that he wanted the Premier League to “take a little bit of a lesson from American sports” and questioned why there was not an All-Star game.

American investors have been “quietly snapping up” English Football League clubs to the point where “more than a quarter of clubs in the Premier League and three divisions below it have some form of US investment,”

All of the clubs in the Premier League and English Football League could be owned by American investors in the next five to 10 years, according to a football investment expert.

The English Premier League is already stacked with U.S. investors, but the hunger to scoop up U.K. clubs is trickling down to the lower levels. Contributor Mike Jakeman spoke to investors, lawyers, and owners who tell FOS that third- and fourth-tier clubs could soon be 80% American-owned.