They don't always see eye-to-eye, but many Manchester United and Man City fans would have approved of Jurgen Klopp's comments this week about a proposed Premier League all-star game.
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has only just arrived in English football, but already he is looking at ways to transform it, and has floated the idea of a Premier League all-star game pitting the best against each other.
One idea is for the northern sides to unite and compete against the best players from the southern sides, a prospect that could well see United, City and Liverpool players take to the field together as teammates.
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It goes without saying that this suggestion hasn't gone down well with many fans from the northwest of England. “He doesn’t wait long (to make the suggestion),” Klopp said when quizzed on the proposals. “When he finds a date for that he can call me. In American sports these players have four-month breaks. Does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters as well? Maybe he can explain that.
“I’m not sure people want to see that – United players, Liverpool players, City players, Everton players all together. It is not the national team. Did he really say it?”
Klopp makes an important point about the fixture schedule, an issue even more pressing in a compact season that will now see both his side and United squeeze in another two postponed Premier League matches at some point.
Football players might seem like superhuman totems, but at the end of the day, they are just regular humans, with the same recovery needs — both mentally and physically — as those who idolise them.
Adding another match at the end of a season means that not only will the superstars
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