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<\/p>\nWe’ve seen plenty of crossover clashes in boxing over the years but now Ronnie O’Sullivan is proposing to do the same in snooker. The 48-year-old has offered to take on Real Madrid and England star Jude Bellingham shortly after winning his\u00a0record-extending eighth UK Championship title on Sunday.<\/p>\n
O’Sullivan was in excellent form as he overcame Ding Junhui with a 10-7 victory in the final. In doing so, O’Sullivan became the oldest player to win a UK Championship, clinching the crown two days shy of his 48th birthday.<\/p>\n
The Rocket also holds the record for being the youngest winner of the tournament having won his first UK Championship title at just 17 years old back in 1993. O’Sullivan may have only just wrapped up the UK title but he is already on the lookout for his next opponent and has chosen to go with a very unorthodox pick.<\/p>\n
It appears O’Sullivan has agreed to\u00a0take on Bellingham after realising that the youngster is an avid pool player. The 20-year-old recently posted a photo of him playing eight-ball on Instagram which caught O’Sullivan’s attention.<\/p>\n
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“*Watches half an hour of the Ronnie doc*. Let me know if you fancy a game,” he wrote on his Instagram story accompanied by\u00a0 a winking emoji. Bellingham then seemed to accept his offer by replying with a handshake emoji in his own story.<\/p>\n
O’Sullivan has taken part in plenty of exhibition matches over in Asia against some of snooker’s greatest-ever players but a game against Bellingham would be an entirely different spectacle.<\/p>\n
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