Most Club players in WC: The FIFA World Cup is almost upon us with several players called up their respective nations for the mid-season carnival.
It is a first mid-season FIFA World Cup in the history of the tournament. Hence, club form is of prime importance to secure a place in the final squad.
Players’ dreams are made when they are selected for their national sides and it’s the clubs who need to be given credit for their growth and form as well.
With a host of players arriving for the Qatar tournament, we look at the top 5 team with most club players in the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Manchester United
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The Red Devils have 14 players from their squad participating in the FIFA WC 2022.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the headline name from Manchester United, who is the captain and leader of Portugal. Alongside him are team-mates, Diego Dalot and Bruno Fernandes.
Cristiano Ronaldo: “It’s something that I regret to leave from the stadium vs Tottenham — but in the same way I felt provoked by Erik ten Hag”, tells @piersmorgan. 🚨🔴 #MUFC
“Not allowed for me, a coach to put me in three minutes in a game. Sorry, I’m not that kind of player”. pic.twitter.com/flxiQkaRVJ
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 18, 2022
Lisandro Martinez, Raphael Varane, Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw and Christian Eriksen are some of the others who will be part of the competition as well.
Al-Sadd
Qatar captain, Hassan Al-Haydos leads the pack with the forward playing his first ever World Cup. Ghana player, Andre Ayew is another member from their squad to play in the competition.
13 of their players play for Qatar with the other two playing for South Korea and Ghana.
13 players from #AlSadd have been named in #AlAnnabi’s squad for the #2022WorldCup!
All the best to our national team 🤍#ForTheLoveOfQatar#AllForAlAnnabi pic.twitter.com/el94m9Rp51
— 🏆 #77 Al Sadd SC | نادي السد (@AlsaddSC) November 12, 2022
Barcelona
Majority of Barcelona’s players are the World Cup are of Spanish origin while there are few others who represent Germany, Poland, Netherlands as well.
Manchester City
4 of them in Walker, Grealish, Foden and Stones and Phillips are part of the English setup while 3 players are part of Santos’ Portugal.
There is a German as well as Brazilian contingent as well, who are part of the 22nd edition of the World Cup.
Man City & England 🔵🏴#UCL pic.twitter.com/hBanAVldf4
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 17, 2022
Bayern Munich
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The Bavarian club hold the record this time with 17 of their players in Qatar for the FIFA World Cup.
The likes of Musiala, Müller, Gnabry, Goretzka, Neuer are a few others make up their majority in the German setup. France has 4 representatives in Coman, Upamecano, Pavard and Hernandez.
No club will have more players at this year’s #FIFAWorldCup than @FCBayern 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/dgQjeGeh2d
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) November 15, 2022
