After the Round of 16, only eight teams are now left in the World Cup who will take on each other in the quarterfinals which starts off with Uruguay taking on France on Friday afternoon.
And England have more than more than one reason to celebrate this year’s tournament in Russia.
Not only are the Three Lions in the quarterfinals of the World Cup but the Premier League also boasts a string of players playing for their respective national side on both Friday and Saturday.
So here are the list of the EPL clubs with the highest number of participants in the quarterfinals of the World Cup:
5. Liverpool – 5 players
- Dejan Lovren (Croatia)
- Roberto Firmino (Brazil)
- Simon Mignolet (Belgium)
- Jordan Henderson (England)
- Trent Alexander-Arnold (England)
4. Chelsea – 6 players
- Olivier Giroud (France)
- N’Golo Kante (France)
- Willian (Brazil)
- Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
- Eden Hazard (Belgium)
- Gary Cahill (England)
3. Tottenham – 9 players
- Toby Alderweireld (Belgium)
- Jan Vertonghen (Belgium)
- Mousa Dembele (Belgium)
- Kyle Walker (England)
- Danny Rose (England)
- Harry Kane (England)
- Kieran Trippier (England)
- Dele Alli (England)
- Hugo Lloris (France)
2. Man United – 9 players
- Marouane Fellaini (Belgium)
- Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
- Jesse Lingard (England)
- Paul Pogba (France)
- Fred (Brazil)
- Victor Lindelof (Sweden)
- Phil Jones (England)
- Ashley Young (England)
- Marcus Rashford (England)
1. Man City – 11 players
- Benjamin Mendy (France)
- Vincent Kompany (Belgium)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)
- Kyle Walker (England)
- John Stones (England)
- Raheem Sterling (England)
- Fabian Delph (England)
- Gabriel Jesus (Brazil)
- Danilo (Brazil)
- Fernandinho (Brazil)
- Ederson (Brazil)
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