While England has been knocked out of Euro 2016, the Premier League is still very much represented in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Except for Germany, the rest of the nations does not have a fantastic league. So it is not surprising to see most of the players from Portugal, France and Wales plying their trade in a foreign league.
But what is surprising is the team with the most number of players still in Euro 2016, aside from Bayern Munich (8), is Crystal Palace.
The London club has 5 players. Mandanda and Yohan Cabaye for France, and Wayne Hennessey, Joe Ledley and Jonathan Williams for Wales.
Looking at the rest of the Premier League clubs, we have
Arsenal (4)
Olivier Giroud (France), Laurent Koscielny (France), Aaron Ramsey (Wales) and Mesut Ozil (Germany)
Liverpool (3)
Joe Allen (Wales), Danny Ward (Wales) Emre Can (Germany)
Manchester United (3)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Anthony Martial (France) and Morgan Schneiderlin (France)
Manchester City (2)
Ellaquim Mangala (France), Barcary Sagna (France)
Southampton (2)
Cedric (Portugal), Jose Fonte (Portugal)
West Ham (2)
Dimitri Payet (France), James Collins (Wales)
Leicester (2)
N'Golo Kante (France), Andy King (Wales)
Tottenham (2)
Hugo Lloris (France), Ben Davis (Wales)
West Brom (1)
James Chester (Wales)
Swansea (2)
Neil Taylor (Wales), Ashley Williams (Wales)
While this is quite a number of players, how many of them are playing regularly and making a mark in the tournament?
Since soccer is all about goals, we will take a look first in that department (all statistics provided by WhoScored.,com).
With three goals each, Olivier Giroud and Dimitri Payet are the only two players in the top 10 goal scorers.
Next up is assist and in this department, Aaron Ramsey (4) and Dimitri Payet (2) ranks among the top 5 high "assister".
In terms of overall performance, only Payet, with an average rating of 8.37, rank in the top 5.
So, quantity over quality in this sense? Let us know by commenting below.
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