The man behind the International Champions Cup, the pre-season tournament featuring Europe's biggest clubs, says his promotions company wants to host Premier League matches in the United States, reports BBC Sport.

Charlie Stillitano, executive chairman of Relevent Sports, says the success of exporting NFL games to England has not gone unnoticed by American owners of Premier League clubs.

However, plans to play a so-called '39th game' abroad have been shelved by Premier League chiefs.

Referring to the NFL, Stillitano told the BBC's World Football programme: "It seems like half the season is played in England.

"That's what NFL owners look at. And don't forget, you have a couple of NFL owners that own teams in your Premier League."

"When they see NFL teams play [in England], they think maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea for our team to play somewhere else, to bring the gospel there," said Stillitano, speaking at the Soccerex Global Convention, the football finance event being held in Manchester.

And Stillitano says Relevent Sports is ready to take the Premier League to the United States.

"We have our hand up. We'd love to host these games - but it's up to the leagues and confederations."