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Tom Rogic has welcomed plans for the game to expand beyond Scotland and venture into new territory to help grow the game.
It comes after plans were revealed that the owners of Dundee would like to take a game stateside, with Celtic being touted as the opponents, due to their global appeal.
Boston and Philadelphia are being touted as a possible host of a game between the two sides in America, and would be Celtic’s first visit back since their 2012 friendly against Real Madrid.
The Aussie midfielder has backed this and believes it could be a unique way of growing the brand of Scottish football across the Atlantic and even further afield.
Speaking to the media today at Lennoxtown ahead of Thursday’s game against Ajax, Rogic said, as quoted by the BBC:
It’s a good opportunity to expand the game and broadcast Scottish football on a world stage.
Celtic has a massive fan base and it would be fantastic to give some fans over there the chance to see us play.
There would be a bit of travel involved but we have a few international boys that are used to that.
The Texas-based chairman Tim Keyes and managing director John Nelms took ownership of the Dark Blues in 2013 and are now looking to bring their team to their homeland.
Earlier today FIFA released a statement about the plans put forward a proposal to host the first league game in a different country.
In accordance with the Fifa Regulations Governing International Matches, any such match could only be played if approved by the member associations and confederations concerned.
Further, according to art. 82.4 of the Fifa Statutes, Fifa may take in any case a final decision.
For the time being we have not been contacted with regard to the specific proposal you refer to and therefore we are not in a position to comment further.
Eric Knott 
