The Russia 2018 World Cup quarterfinals are set to get underway with Uruguay, France, Brazil, Belgium, Russia, Croatia, Sweden and England competing for the four semifinals places.
There are plenty of Premier League faces still knocking around in the final eight, despite the loss of big names such as Mohamed Salah and David de Gea.
English Premier League clubs continue to dominate the World Cup in Russia, with Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Chelsea set to feature the most players in the quarterfinals stage.
Man City began the World Cup with 16 players and now have 11 left - four each in Brazil and England, two in Belgium and one in France squads. The Premier League champions are closely followed by Tottenham (9), United (8) and Chelsea (8), 11 of whom play for the Three Lions.
The big-spending Paris St Germain also have 8 players left in Russia while La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid - who began the World Cup with 15 and 14 players - are just left with seven and five stars respectively.
While England (23) and Russia (21) are the only teams to feature most homegrown players, Belgium have only one - Anderlecht's Leander Dendoncker - in their team.
Club Representation
Manchester City: 11 players
Benjamin Mendy (France), Gabriel Jesus (Brazil), Danilo (Brazil), Fernandinho (Brazil), Ederson (Brazil), Vincent Kompany (Belgium), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), Kyle Walker (England), John Stones (England), Raheem Sterling (England), Fabian Delph (England)
Tottenham: 9 players
Hugo Lloris (France), Toby Alderweireld (Belgium), Jan Vertonghen (Belgium), Mousa Dembele (Belgium), Kyle Walker (England), Danny Rose (England), Harry Kane (England), Kieran Trippier (England), Dele Alli (England)
Manchester United: 8 players
Paul Pogba (France), Victor Lindelof (Sweden), Marouane Fellaini (Belgium), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Jesse Lingard (England), Phil Jones (England), Ashley Young (England), Marcus Rashford (England)
Chelsea: 8 players
Olivier Giroud (France), N'Golo Kante (France), Willian (Brazil), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Michy Batshuayi (Belgium), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Gary Cahill (England)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (England)
PSG: 8 players
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay), Presnel Kimpembe (France), Kylian Mbappe (France), Alphonse Areola (France), Thiago Silva (Brazil), Neymar (Brazil), Marquinhos (Brazil), Thomas Meunier (Belgium)
Barcelona: 7 players
Luis Suarez (Uruguay), Samuel Umtiti (France), Ousmane Dembele (France), Ivan Rakitic (Croatia), Philippe Coutinho (Brazil), Paulinho (Brazil), Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium)
Real Madrid: 5 players
Raphael Varane (France), Luka Modric (Croatia), Mateo Kovacic (Croatia), Casemiro (Brazil), Marcelo (Brazil).
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