Should the Premier League introduce an All-Star game?

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney managed the MLS All-Star team to a 5-0 loss to Arsenal last week in a friendly.

The game between the all-star team and Premier League opposition has sparked a conversation as to whether English football should include its version of the all-star game.

Wayne Rooney, who was the coach last week, believes that an all-star game wouldn't work in England, despite his involvement in the MLS one.

According to mirror.co.uk, Rooney said: "It's a huge game here, but I think in England the rivalry between teams, between the cultures, [they] will complain about the players playing too much, and I just don't think it will work."

Todd Boehly, new Chelsea owner and American native, floated the idea of an all-star game when he took charge of the London club last year, proposing a north versus south game.

The idea from the Chelsea owner received plenty of criticism in England, with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp being the main voice of disapproval.

Since its augural season in 1992, the Premier League has continued to revolutionize football in this country, changing more 3 pm kick-off times and modernizing the culture of the sport.

In a real-life version of fantasy football, club loyalties would be cast aside to assemble the team from the south (Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham) and the north (Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool).

The selection process and the event itself could be of interest to the younger viewers of football and may grow to the success of American sports if it was to come to fruition.

The closest thing English football has now to an all-star game is the Community Shield, bringing together two cup-winning teams for a half-blooded friendly.

Football at its best is a full-blooded and highly intense game, making for an all-star game to be a poor spectacle, providing a little bit of entertainment over a proper game of football.

The rooted tribalism and emotional investment for football teams in England are unrivaled, and watching the most elite players in a friendly wouldn't work for the majority of fans.

With the variety of reasons for English football not to have an all-star game, one reason above all sticks out from the rest – profit.

The idea of a European Super League and the way the game has gone to take real fans away from the game for profit would be a cause for concern for an all-star game.

An all-star game would be another gig aimed at charging high ticket prices, changing the football schedule even more, and a mass advertising campaign, all for a mediocre show.

Although it works well in American sports, tribalism, rivalries, and failure in other profit-making schemes would make it extremely difficult for an all-star game to be a success.