Barcelona will be the team that contributes the most players to the World Cup in Qatar. After the loss of Sadio Mané with Senegal and the call-up of Alejandro Balde to replace José Luis Gayà with the Spanish team, the Barça team has a total of 17 footballers present at the World Cup event for the 16 of Bayern Munich and Manchester City . Furthermore, never in history has a club had so many players in the same edition of the World Cup.
Last Tuesday, when the official lists were announced, the Bavarian club was the king of the ranking with 17 players, but yesterday Sadio Mané was dropped with Senegal, which dropped it to 16 and was even with Barça and Manchester City. Of the non-European clubs, Qatari Al Sadd commands with 15 men.
In the world past, it was Manchester City that commanded 16 footballers, while in 2014 it was Bayern that contributed the most players. Barça, before Alejandro Balde was confirmed, had already achieved his record, surpassing the 14 World Cup four years ago in Russia.
The Barça players are distributed among eight teams, in which the Spanish team stands out. With Eric Garcia, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Pedri González, Pablo Páez Gavira ‘Gavi’, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and now Alejandro Balde, the Spanish team will have eight culés, just one less than the Barca record for the World Cup in the United States- 94.
Real Madrid, whose all-time limit is 15 players in the last edition, contributes 13 players, three more than Atlético (12), who raised their payroll yesterday with the call of Argentine Ángel Correa after Nico González’s injury, and four more than Sevilla (10).
