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It is one of the Premier League records which seems untouchable,

But if Alan Shearer's Premier League goalscoring supremacy is ever to be challenged, we think we've found the man to do it.

Shearer scored 260 goals in the division when in the colours of Blackburn and Newcastle between 1992 and 2006, winning the league with the former in 1995.

And after having sat proudly at the top of all-time Premier League goalscorers' chart ever since his retirement, 'Super Al' surely thinks that he'll never be topped.

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But we think we've found the man to beat him.

Because, should he maintain his current scoring rate, then Everton's Romelu Lukaku could well break Shearer's record by the time he turns 30.

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Lukaku - who netted the opener in the 2-0 win over West Ham last weekend - has scored 67 Premier League goals in his career so far, an impressive feat given that he's still just 23.

And should he keep up his rate of seven goals in every 10 appearances, then the Belgian will end the campaign on 86 Premier League goals - putting him 37th on the all-time list.

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Fast forward to halfway through the 2022/23 season, and Lukaku - presuming he's still in the division, obviously - will reach Shearer's mark if he keeps up his current rate.

At present, it's going to take him 276 games to get the 193 goals he needs to be the new main man, meaning he'll break it when he's 30 years old.

His age makes him more likely to break the record than, say, Sergio Aguero, who would have to keep up his current scoring levels until the age of 34 to have a chance.

While none of the other young guns currently in the division have the goalscoring prowess of the Everton man.

So what are you waiting for, Romelu?

Get cracking.

