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Euro 2024 has already been a massive success with a thrilling start to the tournament. Fans across Europe have descended on Germany to create an incredible atmosphere on the streets and the stands. And the players have delivered in a major way with a plethora of stunning goals and exciting games.
Football is the biggest sport in the world and it’s increasingly a worldwide game with players travelling across the globe to ply their trade. The majority of the best players still feature across Europe’s top five leagues but the emergence of the Saudi Pro League has seen several stars move to the Middle East. But which nations at Euro 2024 have the most players from clubs in their home nation? And which nations’ squads are composed of players from foreign leagues? Let’s find out!
Which nations’ squads at Euro 2024 have the most players from their own leagues?
England has the most players from their own leagues in their squad at Euro 2024. Gareth Southgate’s squad is composed of 24 players from the Premier League with only Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham playing abroad at Bayern Munich and Real Madrid respectively. As the graphic below illustrates, Italy ranks second with 23 players in their squad at Serie A clubs.
Two goalkeepers, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Guglielmo Vicario, and Arsenal’s Jorginho are the only players at foreign clubs. Germany ranks third with Antonio Rüdiger, İlkay Gündoğan, Toni Kroos, Pascal Groß, Kai Havertz and Marc-Andre ter Stegen playing abroad last season. Spain (19) and Czech Republic (16) complete the top five.
Which nations’ squads at Euro 2024 have the most members playing abroad?
Every member of Albania and Denmark’s squad play outside of their native leagues. Cristian Eriksen, Joachim Andersen and Rasmud Hojlund are amongst ten players in the Danish squad from English clubs, with four from Brentford. Albania have seven players from Serie A and their most valuable player, Armando Broja, is on the books at Chelsea. Switzerland and Georgia have 24 players from foreign leagues, while four nations – Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland and Serbia – only have three player from their native leagues.
