Top five leagues with most players in FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals
The world awaits the final between France and Argentina on Sunday.
A date with destiny awaits Lionel Messi or will the 23-year-old Mbappe be a consecutive World Cup medal winner? All eyes will be stuck on the biggest event on the planet as Argentina go ahead and try to change their fate from 2014 as they rally up to face France in the all-important FIFA World Cup 2022 Final at Lusail Stadium on Sunday, 08:30 PM IST.
With several of their top players representing their country at the World Cup. Each of these nations has players who have performed well in the top teams in Europe’s top five leagues. Manchester United, Juventus, PSG and Tottenham Hotspur are sure to have a World Cup-winning player in their team come to the end of the tournament.
Here we take a look at the top five leagues with the most players playing in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Final and the majority of players in the top five leagues are listed below :
5. Bundesliga (7 Players)
The Bavarians have always been the most recognized club around Europe and no wonder they have the most number of representatives from their ranks. The likes of Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen have also developed some exciting talents in recent years and we have one player from each of these teams participating in the final.
Bayern Munich – Kingsley Coman, Lucas Hernandez, Benjamin Pavard and Dayot Upamecano
Eintracht Frankfurt – Randal Kolo Muani
Borussia Monchengladbach – Marcus Thuram
Bayern Leverkusen – Exequiel Palacios
4. Italian Serie A (7 Players)
Though Juventus are ten points behind the leaders AC Milan in Serie A, they have the most number of representatives. AC Milan houses the ageless Olivier Giroud in their ranks who is looking to grab his second winner’s medal in four years' time.
Inter Milan – Lautaro Martinez
Juventus – Leandro Paredes, Angel Di Maria and Adrien Rabiot
AS Roma – Paulo Dybala
AC Milan – Theo Hernandez and Olivier Giroud
3. Ligue 1 (8 Players)
Probably the best players to grace the final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup are playing in this league. Mbappe and Messi will go in a head-to-head clash for the ultimate prize although they are teammates when it comes to domestic football. AS Monaco happens to be the biggest contributor from Ligue 1 with three players from their ranks.
PSG – Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe
Lyon – Nicolas Tagliafico
Rennes – Steve Mandanda
Monaco – Axel Disasi, Youssouf Fofana and Jordan Veretout
Marseille – Matteo Guendouzi
2. Premier League (10 Players)
The most viewed league in the World has 9 players to present in the Final. Though the English barrage didn’t make it to the final, there are a lot of other recognized stars from Argentina and France competing for different clubs in England with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United being assured of a winner’s medal from the two players that are playing from their club.
Aston Villa – Emiliano Martinez
Tottenham – Hugo Lloris and Cristian Romero
Manchester United – Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez
Manchester City – Julian Alvarez
Arsenal – William Saliba
Liverpool – Ibrahima Konate
West Ham – Alphonse Areola
Brighton – Alexis Mac Allister
1. La Liga (15 Players)
The supremacy of La Liga will still reign in the final of 2022 FIFA World Cup final as we will get to witness 15 players from this league. Atletico Madrid will be presenting four players from their club which makes them equal to Bayern Munich as the most number of players being represented by a club in the final.
Barcelona – Ousmane Dembele and Jules Kounde
Real Madrid – Aurelien Tchouameni and Eduardo Camavinga
Atletico Madrid – Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo de Paul, Angel Correa and Antoine Griezmann
Villarreal – Geronimo Rulli and Juan Foyth
Sevilla – Gonzalo Montiel, Matheus Acuna and Alejandro Papu Gomez
Real Betis – German Pezzella and Guido Rodriguez
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