Last week English football’s premier league revealed plans to consider making its clubs play some of their games abroad  the idea being that the move will bring in millions of new money into the Premiership. Not surprisingly, fans of the English club were up in arms.

But it seems this idea is just the tip of the iceberg. Why not allow some foreign clubs  maybe clubs that are near British shores to begin with  join the Premiership? The Premiership could ultimately evolve into a global super league  with teams from all over the world making up its number.

The English game might not be able to create many world class players but at least it leads the game in the popularity stakes  why not turn this to its advantage?

It raises an interesting question. And one that has ramifications beyond just the game of football.

In a way, the Premiership is a little like the City of London. Here is another type of super league  one that, just like the football Premiership, is dominated by foreign players, but brings money into the UK.

The disadvantage though is clear. From an English football fan’s point of view  they will not be able to afford to see their teams play some of their games as too much travel will be involved. From a club’s point of view  you will see an even-bigger redistribution of the game’s wealth  from the smaller clubs to the larger clubs and from the English player’s point of view  it would probably mean hardly any would end up playing for a team in their own domestic premier league.

Recently, Steven Gerrard raised the issue of the influx of foreign players into the English game making it impossible for English players to emerge  ultimately hitting the national team.

Almost identical issues sit with the City. The city is now so dominated by foreign whizz kids that home grown talent is struggling to get a foothold. But a buoyant city is pushing up house prices  making them less-affordable for the indigenous population.

Ultimately, the UK could move to a scenario in which the success of the City pushed the pound up so high that no other British business could complete  this is known as the Dutch disease  after oil exports from Holland pushed the local currency up to a level that made the rest of the economy uncompetitive.

What is the answer? The president of FIFA Sepp Blatter wants to change the rules so that clubs are only allowed to field six players from foreign countries playing for a team.

Gordon Brown said in an interview on Radio 5 live, There is no doubt about the worldwide interest in the Premier League and there is no doubt that that is good for football because it gets more money into the game in England. And there is no doubt that the English Premier League has taken over from the Spanish and the Italian as being probably the one that people want to watch most.

But he added, I think you have got audiences around the world. Now if that is money that is going back into football, and if that is helping keep the price of tickets down in England, and if that means that more fans get more opportunities of going to matches as a result of that at a cheaper price, then that would be something that I think people would want to take into account.

And that in a nutshell is it. It is all very well having one of the world’s top football leagues and it is all very well to have one of the top leagues in global finance. But it is essential that a way is found to ensure this success benefits the UK populace  all of it and finding a way to do that, without at the same time making the Premiership or the City less-attractive to foreign money, business, and in the case of the Premiership, football fans and clubs  is the key.