Premier League nationalities: Watford most diverse team
Tuesday 27 October 2015 19:10, UK
Watford have only used two English players this season - fewer than any other Premier League club.
Quique Sanchez Flores has fielded 21 players this term and a league-high 18 different nationalities but Troy Deeney and Ben Watson are the only Englishmen to feature for them. That means just 9.5 per cent of players used by Watford in this campaign have been English.
Chelsea have used the second-fewest number of Englishmen, with only John Terry, Gary Cahill and Ruben Loftus-Cheek turning out for the defending champions so far this season.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have used four Englishmen - Calum Chambers, Kieran Gibbs, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott - but they have accounted for just over 10 per cent of the team's total minutes played.
Most English
Bournemouth have used the highest proportion of English players (59.1 per cent) - fielding 13 Englishmen - while Norwich City (52.4 per cent) and Crystal Palace (50 per cent) are second and third on the list, having fielded 11 and 12 English players respectively.
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Welsh club Swansea City have used a higher proportion of English players than 12 other Premier League clubs - 36.8 per cent of the players used by Garry Monk this term have been English. However, in terms of actual minutes played, the English Swans account for just 24 per cent of the total time clocked by Swansea players.
League of nations
In total, 141 English players have been used in the Premier League this season, which represents nearly a third of all players used.
Players affiliated to France are the second-most used nationality (30 players in total), representing seven per cent of the Premier League's used players, followed by Spain (29), Netherlands (19), Republic of Ireland (18), Belgium (16), Argentina (15), Wales (14), Scotland (13) and Brazil (11).
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Watford
As well as English duo Troy Deeney and Ben Watson, the Hornets also have a Netherlands pair in Nathan Ake and Steven Berghuis, as well as a Swiss partnership in Almen Abdi and Valon Behrami.
Every other Watford player this season has been the sole representative for his home country: Adlene Guedioura (Algeria), Sebastian Prodl (Austria), Heurelho Gomes (Brazil), Allan Nyom (Cameroon), Victor Ibarbo (Colombia), Juan Carlos Paredes (Ecuador), Etienne Capoue (France), Jose Holebas (Greece), Alessandro Diamanti (Italy), Miguel Layun (Mexico), Odion Ighalo (Nigeria), Craig Cathcart (Northern Ireland), Ikechi Anya (Scotland), Jurado (Spain) and Miguel Britos (Uruguay).
Leicester City
Leicester have played 20 different players this season, of which six were English: Marc Albrighton, Daniel Drinkwater, Nathan Dyer, Joe Dodoo, Danny Simpson and the Premier Leage's top goalscorer Jamie Vardy.
Every other Leicester player has been affiliated to a different country - with 15 nationalities represented in total.
Southampton
Southampton have fielded 22 players this season, with 13 representing different nationalities. Ryan Bertrand, Steven Caulker, Kelvin Davis, Jay Rodriguez, Matt Targett and James Ward-Prowse comprise the Saints' English group.
Ronald Koeman has also played Netherlands trio Jordy Clasie, Maarten Stekelenburg and Virgil van Dijk.
The Saints also have a Spanish duo in Juanmi and Oriol Romeu, along with Portuguese pair Cedric Soares and Jose Fonte.
Crystal Palace
Palace have fielded 24 different players this season, along with Manchester United, Newcastle and West Ham - the highest in the Premier League so far.
Half of the Eagles' fielded players have been affiliated to different nationalities, while the other half are English: Patrick Bamford, Fraizer Campbell, Scott Dann, Dwight Gayle, Martin Kelly, Alex McCarthy, Jordon Mutch, Jason Puncheon, Joel Ward, Connor Wickham, Wilfried Zaha and the since-departed Glenn Murray.
Alan Pardew has also used two Welsh players in Wayne Hennessey and Joe Ledley.
Newcastle
The Magpies have used three nationality quintets this season, from England, France and the Netherlands. The English representation includes Rolando Aarons, Jack Colback, Jamaal Lascelles, Steven Taylor and Ivan Toney.
Gini Wijnaldum, injured goalkeeper Tim Krul, Daryl Janmaat, Siem de Jong and Vurnon Anita comprise the Dutch representation in Tyneside.
Steve McClaren's French contingent include Yoan Gouffran, Massadio Haidara, Gabriel Obertan, Moussa Sissoko and Florian Thauvin.
Sunderland
Sunderland have fielded seven English players this season - two more than their neighbours Newcastle.
The Black Cats have also played three pairs of fellow countrymen, from Sweden, the Netherlands and France - with all other players coming from different countries.
Swansea
Along with Arsenal, Swansea have only played 19 different players this season - fewer than any other Premier League club.
The Swans have given seven English players a league run-out in 2015/16: Kyle Bartley, Leon Britton, Jack Cork, Nathan Dyer, Kyle Naughton, Wayne Routledge and Jonjo Shelvey - every other player has been the sole representative for his country.
West Brom
West Brom boast a predominantly British playing squad, having fielded six English players, three Northern Irishmen, two Scotsmen and two Welshmen this season.
West Ham
West Ham have four national pairs: the in-form Manuel Lanzini and Mauro Zarate from Argentina, Irish duo Josh Cullen and Darren Randolph, Spain's Adrian and Pedro Obiang, as well as Senegal pair Cheikhou Kouyate and Diafra Sakho.
Slaven Bilic has fielded nine English players this season, comprising more than a third of all West Ham players used so far: Michail Antonio, Andy Carroll, Aaron Cresswell, Matt Jarvis - who is now on loan at Norwich City - Carl Jenkinson, Mark Noble, the since-released Kevin Nolan, Reece Oxford and James Tomkins.
Aston Villa
Seven English players have appeared for Aston Villa this season: Gabriel Agbonlahor, Joleon Lescott, Micah Richards, Kieran Richardson, Scott Sinclair, Ashley Westwood and Jack Grealish - who committed his international future to England recently.
The Villans also have three Spanish players (Carles Gil, Jose Angel Crespo and Adama Traore), along with two French players (Jordan Amavi and Jordan Veretout).
Manchester United
Louis van Gaal has fielded eight English players so far this season, and used 24 different players - of which 11 nationalities have been represented.
The Red Devils' English contingent includes Michael Carrick, Phil Jones, youngster Jesse Lingard, Wayne Rooney, injured Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling, James Wilson and Ashley Young.
Out of those players, excluding the since-departed Mexican Javier Hernandez, only three do not have a fellow countryman: Ecuador international Antonio Valencia, German Bastian Schweinsteiger and Italian Matteo Darmian.
Stoke City
Stoke have only played four Englishmen this season: Jack Butland, Peter Crouch, Glen Johnson and Steve Sidwell.
Mark Hughes has played an equal number of Irishmen in Stephen Ireland, Jonathan Walters, Glenn Whelan and Marc Wilson.
The Potters also have Spanish trio Bojan, Joselu and Marc Muniesa, along with Ibrahim Afellay, Erik Pieters and Marco van Ginkel from the Netherlands, and Scottish pair Charlie Adam and Phil Bardsley.
Chelsea
Chelsea have fielded a higher proportion of Brazilian (18.8 per cent) and Spanish (18.8 per cent) players than English (13.6 per cent) this season.
The Blues' pair of national quartets include Kenedy, Oscar, Ramires and Willian of Brazil, and Spain's Pedro, Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Cesar Azpilicueta.
Gary Cahill, John Terry and youngster Ruben Loftus-Cheek are the only Englishmen to have clocked minutes on the pitch under Jose Mourhino this season.
Everton
Forty per cent of Everton's fielded players have been English this season, with eight appearing for the Toffees out of 20 different players.
Roberto Martinez has placed faith in Ross Barkley, Gareth Barry, John Stones, Aaron Lennon, Phil Jagielka, Brendan Galloway, Tom Cleverley and Tyias Browning.
Everton have also played Irish trio Seamus Coleman, Darron Gibson and James McCarthy, along with Belgian pair Romelu Lukaku and Kevin Mirallas.
Tottenham
Tottenham have given 10 Englishmen a run-out this season, suggesting that Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino is happy to build with homegrown talent.
England youngster Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Harry Kane, Tom Carroll, Ryan Mason, Alex Pritchard, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend, Kieran Trippier and Kyle Walker have all made appearances for the north London club this season.
Toby Alderweireld, Nacer Chadli, Mousa Dembele and Jan Vertonghen also comprise a Belgian quartet at White Hart Lane.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth have played a higher proportion of English players than any other Premier League club this season.
The south-coast club have fielded 13 English players this season, representing 59 per cent of all used players. Moreover, in terms of minutes played, Eddie Howe's side has been 64.7 per cent English.
The Cherries have also used French pair Sylvain Distin and Yann Kermorgant.
Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp inherited a team that has played nine Englishmen this season: Nathaniel Clyne, Jordan Henderson, Jordon Ibe, Adam Lallana, James Milner, along with an injury-hit group including Danny Ings, Jordan Rossiter, Joe Gomez and Daniel Sturridge.
The Reds also have Belgian trio Christian Benteke, Simon Mignolet and Divock Origi, along with a three-strong Brazilian group of Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Leiva and Roberto Firmino.
Manchester City
The biggest proportion of fielded players at City are Argentine (22.7 per cent) with Sergio Aguero, Martin Demichelis, Nicolas Otamendi, Pablo Zabeleta and Willy Caballero - with Brazilians Fernandinho and Fernando adding to the South American core.
Manuel Pellegrini has only used four Englishmen this season: Joe Hart, Fabian Delph, Raheem Sterling and Patrick Roberts.
City also have three French players (Samir Nasri, Bacary Sagna and Eliaquim Mangala) and two Belgians (Kevin De Bruyne and Vincent Kompany).
Arsenal
More than 26 per cent of Arsenal's used players have been French (Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny, Francis Coquelin, Mathieu Debuchy and Mathieu Flamini), with English and Spanish players making up the joint second-highest proportion (both 21 per cent).
Four English players have played for the Gunners (Calum Chambers, Kieran Gibbs, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott), while Nacho Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Hector Bellerin and Mikel Arteta represent Arsenal's Spanish contingent.
German internationals Mesut Ozil and Per Mertesacker, along with Gabriel Paulista (Brazil), Alexis Sanchez (Chile), Petr Cech (Czech Republic) and Aaron Ramsey (Wales) complete the Gunners' list of used players in 2015/16.
In terms of nationalities used, Wenger has only fielded eight in the league, which - along with Norwich City - is the fewest used by a Premier League club so far this season.
Norwich
Having only used eight different nationalities so far this season, Alex Neil has also opted for a British core - fielding 11 Englishmen, three Scots, two Irish and one Northern Irishman.
The only other players to have appeared for Norwich City this season are Sebastien Bassong (Cameroon), Dieumerci Mbokani (Congo DR), Alexander Tettey (Norway) and Martin Olsson (Sweden).
