Bundesliga chief executive Christian Seifert insists the German league would not contemplate staging matches abroad out of concern for supporters after the prospect of playing Premier League matches overseas arose again. Seifert is uncertain whether FIFA would countenance the idea, but was adamant it is not something that is on the Bundesliga's agenda.
"I think it's a creative idea, I'm not sure it would work with FIFA," Seifert said at the Leaders in Sport conference in London.
"We have a completely different approach about our idea of German football.
"For the financial side it would be maybe a good idea to play a matchday all over the world, but for the supporters who are visiting 34 games of that club, no matter if it's snow or rain or wind or whatever and they're travelling.
"And on that game that has the impact that the team is going to be relegated and they cannot be there, because it's in Thailand - I think this would not be an approach for the Bundesliga."
