{"id":573616,"date":"2025-11-16T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/573616\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T07:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:00:14","slug":"man-utd-way-ahead-of-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/573616\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd way ahead of Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United players may be out of favour with England right now but the Red Devils have over 200 Three Lions caps more than any other Premier League club.<\/p>\n<p>If United want to do something about the lack of recent caps, they might have to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-man-utd-midfielder-transfers-casemiro-amorim-anderson-wharton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">go and buy Elliot Anderson or Adam Wharton<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Premier League sides ranked on how many England caps they have. Only caps earned while on the books at a club count towards the total\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Manchester United \u2013 1419 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 71<br \/>Most capped: Sir Bobby Charlton (106)<\/p>\n<p>United have plenty of players with bundles of caps but when Kobbie Mainoo pulled out of England duty last October, it represented the first time since 1976 that a Three Lions squad has not featured a single Red Devil. Indeed, Thomas Tuchel is yet to call up a United player who wasn\u2019t on loan elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Liverpool \u2013 1214 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 75<br \/>Most capped: Steven Gerrard (114)<\/p>\n<p>Only one Liverpool player (Curtis Jones) capped since Trent Alexander-Arnold\u2019s debut in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Tottenham \u2013 1054 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 80<br \/>Most capped: Harry Kane (84)<\/p>\n<p>Spurs are some way off United and Liverpool but no club has packed more players off for England duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) Arsenal \u2013 968 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 70<br \/>Most capped: Kenny Sansom (77)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/bukayo-saka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bukayo Saka<\/a><\/strong>, on 46 caps, looks well-placed in the future to become England\u2019s most capped Gunner. Saka has Tony Adams (66) and David Seaman (72) to get past first before he worries about Sansom\u2019s benchmark.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Manchester City \u2013 773 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 54<br \/>Most capped: John Stones (76)<\/p>\n<p>Nico O\u2019Reilly is City\u2019s 15th capped player since since the Abu Dhabi takeover.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>6) Chelsea \u2013 733 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 58<br \/>Most capped: Frank Lampard (104)<\/p>\n<p>Trevoh Chalobah is the latest England cap and the only new Chelsea call-up under ex-Blues boss Thomas Tuchel.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>7) Everton \u2013 615 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 71<br \/>Most capped: Jordan Pickford (81)<\/p>\n<p>Pickford was the first Toffee to hit 50 caps and seems certain to push on to become the second keeper to get a century.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>8) West Ham \u2013 489 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 44<br \/>Most capped: Bobby Moore (108)<\/p>\n<p>The Hammers have provided 16 goalscorers for England who totalled 77 goals. Including four not insignificant ones in 1966.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd81\ud83e\udd81\ud83e\udd81 <strong>MORE ON ENGLAND<\/strong><br \/><strong>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/football-quiz-england-world-cup-finals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Famous F365 Friday Quiz: England at the World Cup finals<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-england-team-world-cup-2026-tuchel-bellingham-rashford-spence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F365 picks England\u2019s World Cup-winning XI: Spence, Rashford win left-wing debate<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/england-xi-without-hope-world-cup-squad-place-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The discarded England XI without a hope of a World Cup squad place<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9) Aston Villa \u2013 488 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 79<br \/>Most capped: Gareth Southgate (42)<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of England internationals in Villa\u2019s history \u2013 only Spurs have offered more \u2013 but 62 of them never reached double figures for caps.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>10) Leeds United\u00a0 \u2013 341 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 33<br \/>Most capped: Jack Charlton (35)<\/p>\n<p>Leeds went 17 years without an England cap between Paul Robinson and Kalvin Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>11) Newcastle \u2013 322 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 45<br \/>Most capped: Alan Shearer (35)<\/p>\n<p>Even if Newcastle sell Anthony Gordon next summer, he still should crack the top five of players capped by England while playing for the Magpies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>12) Wolves \u2013 316 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 35<br \/>Most capped: Billy Wright (105)<\/p>\n<p>Only two Wolves players have turned out for England in the Premier League era. Conor Coady is one; who is the other? Answer at the bottom\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>13) Nottingham Forest \u2013 290 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 38<br \/>Most capped: Stuart Pearce (76)<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Gibbs-White became the first Forest player to represent England since Pearce \u2013 a gap of 27 years.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14) Fulham \u2013 109 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 11<br \/>Most capped: Johnny Haynes (56)<\/p>\n<p>No Fulham caps since Bobby Zamora in 2011. Surprising, that, for reasons we\u2019re not entirely sure of.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>15) Sunderland \u2013 101 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 29<br \/>Most capped: Dave Watson (14)<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of Black Cats on parade for England but since the war, only Watson managed double figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>16) Burnley \u2013 99 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 29<br \/>Most capped: John Connelly (10)<\/p>\n<p>Just one more needed for a century for the Clarets. James Trafford looked good for it before City stitched him up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>17) Crystal Palace \u2013 94 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 21<br \/>Most capped: Marc Geuhi (26)<\/p>\n<p>Geuhi was the first Eagle to hit double figures for caps before Eberechi Eze followed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>18) Brighton \u2013 13 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 5<br \/>Most capped: Lewis Dunk (6)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/england-tuchel-pl-star-very-close-call-up-reveals-bellingham-cannot-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny Welbeck was apparently very close<\/a><\/strong> to being Seagull number six for England in Tuchel\u2019s latest squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>19) Brentford \u2013 12 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 4<br \/>Most capped: Ivan Toney (6)<\/p>\n<p>Two of the Brentford players to gain England honours were capped once in the pre-war period. Jordan Henderson is currently two behind Toney.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>20) Bournemouth \u2013 5 caps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players capped \u2013 2<br \/>Most capped: Callum Wilson (4)<\/p>\n<p>The Cherries are pinning their hopes on Alex Scott for the hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*Matt Jarvis<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United players may be out of favour with England right now but the Red Devils have over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[161,748,393,14146,163,4884,225,98,12,122477,201,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-573616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-f365-features","12":"tag-front-page","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-home-page","15":"tag-manchester-united","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-popular","18":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115558090254280932","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}