United States Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati has said that he will not go against FIFA on the matter of hosting competitive Premiership matches in the States.

A decision will be made at the FIFA executive committee on March 14th regarding whether or not a 39th round of Premiership games should be played outside of England.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore says that the matches could go ahead without FIFA giving the okay - but Gulati has another opinion.

"We've been reluctant to have official games played in the US," he said last week. "We'll be guided by FIFA on this matter. If it's not in line with its rules, then we won't sanction it."

"We understand it's a global sport, but it's about nurturing the home game. If FIFA said 'okay, it's up to the relevant FAs', then we would look at it."

"We have got a great relationship with the English FA and there's a lot of good reasons to look at it. But there are also some issues that we have got which would cause us to be very hesitant."