Barcelona are more heavily represented in Qatar than any club has been at any previous World Cup finals. They benefit from an injury while Bayern suffer.
Here are the clubs sending most players to the tournament…
1) Barcelona – 17
Barca had already broken their own record for representation at at a World Cup finals prior to Alejandro Balde being called up to replace Valencia’s Jose Gaya. Never before has a single club sent more players to a World Cup.
Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Alejandro Balde, Ansu Fati, Eric Garcia, Gavi, Pedri, Ferran Torres (Spain), Ronald Araujo (Uruguay), Andreas Christensen (Denmark), Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands), Memphis Depay (Netherlands), Ousmane Dembele, Jules Kounde (France), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Raphinha (Brazil), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Germany).
=2) Bayern Munich – 16
Bayern would have matched Barca’s record had Sadio Mane not have to withdraw from the Senegal squad after undergoing knee surgery. The Bundesliga giants are the club most represented in both the Germany and France squads.
Serge Gnabry, Thomas Muller, Jamal Musiala, Manuel Neuer, Leroy Sane, Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich (Germany), Dayot Upamecano, Benjamin Pavard, Kingsley Coman, Lucas Hernandez (France), Alphonso Davies (Canada), Matthijs de Ligt (Netherlands), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Cameroon), Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco), Josip Stanisic (Croatia)
=2) Manchester City – 16
City are the Premier League club with most players heading to Qatar and they are the most represented side in the England squad. Pep Guardiola will be watching with a glass of red in his hand hoping his players avoid injury.
Kyle Walker, John Stones, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Kalvin Phillips (England), Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva (Portugal), Rodri, Aymeric Laporte (Spain), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), Ederson (Brazil), Ilkay Gundogan (Germany), Manuel Akanji (Switzerland), Nathan Ake (Netherlands), Julian Alvarez (Argentina)
4) Al-Sadd – 15
Half of the Qatar squad is made up of players from the ninth-placed side in the 12-team domestic league. The hosts’ 26-man selection is taken entirely from the Qatar Stars League with third-placed Al-Duhail the next best represented with six players.
Saad Al Sheeb, Meshaal Barsham, Pedro Miguel, Musaab Khidir, Tarek Salman, Boualem Khoukhi, Abdelkarim Hassan, Ali Asad, Mohammed Waad, Salem Al Hajri, Mustafa Meshaal, Hassan Al Haydos, Akram Afif (Qatar), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Jung Woo-young (South…
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