The Bundesliga is renowned as a league that combines the best that world champions Germany have to offer with some of the planet's biggest international stars.
That those two strands are so prevalent in almost every top-flight match got bundesliga.com wondering: what would happen if an all-German Bundesliga XI took on a non-German Bundesliga XI?
With both sides lining up in 4-2-3-1 formations, here's how we think this mouth-watering fixture would pan out...
ALL-GERMAN BUNDESLIGA XI Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich and Germany)
Who else to start in goal for an all-German Bundesliga XI than Germany's best-ever keeper? Yes, he might have missed most of the 2017/18 campaign due to a foot injury, but Neuer has revolutionised the way we understand not only the game, but also the role of the man between the sticks. The former Schalke custodian would quite literally get the ball rolling in this Germany XI, and another asset is that he already knows most of his defensive colleagues well after years on the same side.
Watch: Neuer's best saves
DefendersJoshua Kimmich (Bayern and Germany)
Another shoo-in: there are few right-backs in the world better than Kimmich, let alone in Germany. The Bayern youngster has filled the retired Philipp Lahm's shoes with consummate ease, and has also – dare we say it? – added a touch more finesse to the champions' attacking game. Pinpoint crosses to the back post would be meat and drink for Marco Reus, while Timo Werner would relish running in behind onto those inch-perfect slide-rule passes, perfected during Kimmich's youth as a central midfielder.
A fine, fine collection of goals and assists