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Romelu Lukaku Asks The FA To Organise A Premier League All-Star Match

Romelu Lukaku Asks The FA To Organise A Premier League All-Star Match

The Manchester United forward might have come up with the best idea in Premier League history, but would he get in the team?

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

I don't know, you have one good match against a fellow member of the Premier League's top six and all of a sudden you're coming up with massive ideas above your station. Clearly a goal and an assist against Chelsea for Manchester United has given Romelu Lukaku a huge confidence boost.

Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku has urged the FA and Premier League to follow the example of American sports and organise English football's first-ever 'all-star' match.

The NBA's version sees an exhibition match played every February amongst the league's best players, who are drafted by the two players with the most votes, and the most recent instalment took place in Los Angeles last week.

Team LeBron beat Team Stephen, 148-145. Image: PA Images
Team LeBron beat Team Stephen, 148-145. Image: PA Images

The all-star clash is one of the most eagerly anticipated fixtures in American sport, but the rivalry and tribalism in British football has always prohibited the top teams from merging their players, even on a one-off basis.

But clearly still buoyed from scoring against Chelsea yesterday, Lukaku reckons it could be time to put rivalries aside for one day a year, and see who'd win between north and south:

Right now the Premier League is pretty much split between the top six and everyone else, with virtually every single one of the other 14 teams with a possibility of going down still, even if some of them are more remote than others.

In that top six though there's a pretty sweet even split. The two Manchester clubs and Liverpool from the north and Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal from the south.

Of course if the idea was ever to take off there's no reason that a player from outside the top six couldn't be included, it's just highly unlikely right now.

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Having the country's best team, by some way, plus the second best scorers would likely give the north the advantage but it would also mean that Lukaku could be sat on the bench for his own genius idea.

Personally, we would absolutely love to see this match happen, but we're not so sure how it'd go down with other supporters- would Liverpool and City fans want to see their players team up with United fans for example?

Would the south have any chance right now?

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Topics: Football News, Basketball, Manchester United, NBA, Premier League, Romelu Lukaku