Baller League UK is due to begin on 3 March 2025 and will take place every Monday until 19 May on indoor football pitches with 12 teams competing.

The top four teams in the league will qualify for the play-offs to decide a champion.

Trials are scheduled to take place in London and Manchester, with recently retired professionals, futsal players, free agents and released academy players among those eligible to play.

Each match will be live streamed, with YouTuber Chunkz hosting a weekly show.

Baller League has been likened to Gerard Pique's Kings League in Spain.

This is not the first time we have seen social media personalities latch on to a sport.

Influencers dipped their toe into boxing in 2018, with KSI meeting Joe Weller in an amateur contest - and interest has skyrocketed over the past six years.

Misfits Boxing, a promotion headlined by KSI, hosts regular pay-per-view events with social media influencers and sportspeople competing.

Former UFC fighter Darren Till takes on Love Island star Tommy Fury on a Misfits card in Manchester in January.

Baller League is hoping to follow that same format - with a mix of athletes and internet personalities attempting to draw in a new audience.

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