Stoke have the most Champions League winners in England
Jese Rodriguez has just completed a loan deal to Stoke City.
The former Real Madrid star has continued his adventure since joining PSG last year. Jese Rodriguez only played nine games for PSG before being loaned out to Las Palmas. After failing to make much of an impact, the 24-year-old midfielder was loaned out to Stoke City this season.
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Jese had to wander to Stoke City after failing to stay at Real, PSG and Las Palmas. |
Jese was a strategic reserve in the Real squad, under coaches Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane. Together with his teammates, the Spanish player won the Champions League twice (2014 and 2016).
Jese is the fifth player in this season's Stoke City squad to have won the Champions League, with the other four Stoke players having won the Champions League being Bojan Krkic, Ibrahim Afellay (Barca), Darren Fletcher (Man Utd) and Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern Munich).
Mark Hughes' side have more Champions League winners than any other club in England, and Stoke could have had seven if they hadn't sold Marko Arnautovic to West Ham and loaned Marc Muniesa to Girona.
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Jese with the Champions League Cup he won with Real in 2014. |
Chelsea have four Champions League winners in David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Alvaro Morata and Pedro. Man City have three in Danilo, Yaya Toure and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
Jose Mourinho is a coach with many years of experience in the Champions League, but his current players at Man Utd do not have the same experience. Only two Man Utd players have enjoyed the joy of winning the Champions League: Juan Mata and Michael Carrick.
Arsenal and Liverpool each have only one player who has won the European Cup, Petr Cech and Daniel Sturridge (with Chelsea in 2012).
List of Champions League winners currently playing in the Premier League
Stoke City- 5 (Jese Rodriguez - Real Madrid, 2014 and 2016; Bojan Krkic - Barcelona, 2009 and 2011; Ibrahim Afellay - Barcelona, 2011; Darren Fletcher - Manchester United, 2008; Xherdan Shaqiri - Bayern Munich, 2013)
Chelsea- 4 (David Luiz - Chelsea, 2012; Gary Cahill - Chelsea, 2012; Pedro Rodriguez - Barcelona, 2009, 2011 and 2015; Alvaro Morata - Real Madrid, 2014 and 2017)
Manchester City- 3 (Danilo - Real Madrid, 2016 and 2017; Claudio Bravo - Barcelona, 2015; Yaya Toure - Barcelona, 2009)
Manchester United- 2 (Michael Carrick - Manchester United, 2009; Juan Mata - Chelsea, 2012)
Everton- 2 (Wayne Rooney - Manchester United, 2009; Sandro Ramirez - Barcelona, 2015)
Southampton- 2 (Ryan Bertrand - Chelsea, 2012; Oriol Romeu - Chelsea, 2012)
Arsenal- 1 (Petr Cech - Chelsea, 2012)
Liverpool- 1 (Daniel Sturridge - Chelsea, 2012)
West Ham- 1 (Marko Arnautovic - Inter Milan, 2010)
According to VNE
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