As the NFL continues to play more of its games outside the United States, it’s only a matter of time before NFL teams operate from overseas and permanently play their home games other countries

That’s the word from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who said teams located in other countries are inevitable.

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“At some point, there will be NFL teams outside the USA. I have no doubt that this will happen one day,” Goodell told former NFL player Markus Kuhn in interview for German broadcaster RTL/ntv.

Goodell said that once an NFL team is established in a foreign country, its home field could host a Super Bowl.

“There are definitely international cities that could host something like that,” Goodell said of the Super Bowl. “But we would like to see an NFL team in such a city first.”

The NFL will play an all-time high nine games outside the United States this season, with three in England and one each in Australia, Brazil, France, Spain, Germany and Mexico. That’s still a far cry from one team playing eight or nine home games a year, every year, in a foreign country. But Goodell is sure that’s coming.