Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb has told BBC Tees he is largely in favour of the Premier League’s proposal to play matches abroad in 2010/11.
Speaking at Tuesday’s Boro Fans’ Forum, Lamb admitted the financial aspects of an extra game are attractive.
He said: “It’s not all about money but it’s not far off when you sit on my side of the table.
“Everything is expensive and so if we can get another 5m out of playing in a foreign country it’s a big help to us.”
Lamb does have some reservations about the proposal, particularly on a football level.
“I can only find one flaw in it and that is the one that has been described as the ‘sporting integrity flaw’,” he said.
“I find it odd that you can play 39 games and it might mean that one of those games is against a team you have to play three times.
“That is the only reason I can find for not doing it.”
You can hear the entire BBC Tees Fans’ Forum live on Wednesday, 13 February from 1800 GMT on BBC Tees. (95FM, DAB and online at bbc.co.uk/tees)
From Thursday morning you will be able to listen to and watch the entire forum on the BBC Sport website.
Source: Boro chief backs Premier plan
