Which Two Premier League Clubs Have Shared The Most Players?

Noni Madueke has made nan short travel crossed London to subordinate Arsenal from Chelsea. Some Arsenal fans person expressed annoyance astatine their nine giving yet much money – £52m – to their rivals for a subordinate deemed surplus to requirements astatine Stamford Bridge. The roadworthy from Chelsea to Arsenal is simply a good worn path. Kepa Arrizabalaga swapped south-west London for northbound London earlier this summertime for £5m, pursuing successful nan footsteps of Kai Havertz and Jorginho, who made nan aforesaid move successful 2023 for a mixed £77m.

A full of 15 players person represented some Arsenal and Chelsea successful nan Premier League, pinch Havertz and Jorginho joining Ashley Cole, Cesc Fàbregas, Petr Cech, Olivier Giroud, David Luiz, Emmanuel Petit, Lassana Diarra, Nicolas Anelka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Raheem Sterling, William Gallas, Willian and Yossi Benayoun.

That is still immoderate measurement disconnected nan benchmark for nan number of players to person represented 2 circumstantial clubs successful nan Premier League – it’s a grounds shared by 2 different London sides. Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham person shared 24 players complete nan 33 years of nan Premier League.

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Only 1 of those 24 players made much than 100 Premier League appearances for some Spurs and Fulham: Simon Davies, who joined Spurs from Peterborough United successful April 2000. After playing 121 convention games for Spurs, nan erstwhile Wales winger moved to Everton earlier finishing his profession astatine Fulham, wherever he made 137 appearances crossed six seasons.

Davies joins Clint Dempsey, Steed Malbranque, Danny Murphy, Paul Konchesky, Bobby Zamora, Sean Davis, Louis Saha, Mousa Dembélé, Dimitar Berbatov, Ryan Sessegnon, Stephen Kelly, Carlos Vinícius, Michael Brown, Scott Parker, Darren Bent, Wayne Routledge, Manor Solomon, Kasey Keller, Paul Stalteri, Lewis Holtby, Josh Onomah, Adel Taarabt and Eidur Gudjohnsen successful having played for some clubs.

Aston Villa and Everton are 2nd connected nan list, pinch 22 players having represented some clubs successful nan Premier League, including nan division’s starring quality maker, Gareth Barry, who played 365 games for Villa and 131 for Everton.

When it comes to goals, a grounds 15 players person scored for Liverpool and Aston Villa successful nan league: Philippe Coutinho, Emile Heskey, Patrik Berger, Stan Collymore, Peter Crouch, Milan Baros, James Milner, Christian Benteke, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Robbie Keane, Joe Cole, Stewart Downing, Danny Ings, Dean Saunders and Stephen Warnock.

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Just 1 of those 15 players reached double figures for some clubs: nan evergreen James Milner, who scored 12 for Villa and 19 for Liverpool. Milner has besides netted convention goals for Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester City – but not his existent nine Brighton.

Crouch (22 goals for Liverpool and six for Villa) and Keane (five for Liverpool and 3 for Villa) are portion of an elite group of 10 players who person scored for six aliases much clubs successful nan Premier League, pinch Craig Bellamy nan only subordinate successful nan league’s history to person scored for seven: Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool, West Ham, Manchester City and Cardiff City.

This is an article by Opta Analyst