Premier League players still dreaming of World Cup glory

The 2018 FIFA World Cup is down to its final eight nations but there remains strong Premier League representation in the quarter-finals, with one club having 11 players still in Russia.

In total, 47 players who are set to feature in the 2018/19 Premier League still dream of lifting the World Cup on 15 July in Moscow.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Premier League champions Manchester City boast nearly a quarter of that total.

Pep Guardiola’s team, who open the defence of their title at Arsenal on 12 August, have 11 players still at the tournament. No club around the world have more.

Indeed, the City Twitter account put out their World Cup XI of remaining players.

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United have nine players each in Russia.

One of those is Spurs striker Harry Kane, who is looking to add the FIFA Golden Boot to the two Premier League ones he has won.

He leads the race with six goals but Man Utd's Romelu Lukaku is breathing down his neck with four goals in a contest that could be repeated in the 2018/19 Premier League.

Indeed, of the 146 goals scored in Russia, over a quarter (37) have been by Premier League players.

2018/19 PL players still in Russia

France

Hugo Lloris (Spurs); Benjamin Mendy (Man City); Paul Pogba (Man Utd), N'Golo Kante (Chelsea); Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).

Croatia

Dejan Lovren (Liverpool).

Brazil

Ederson (Man City); Danilo (Man City); Fernandinho (Man City), Fred (Man Utd), Willian (Chelsea); Gabriel Jesus (Man City), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).

Sweden

Victor Lindelof (Man Utd).

Belgium

Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool); Toby Alderweireld (Spurs), Vincent Kompany (Man City), Jan Vertonghen (Spurs); Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Mousa Dembele (Spurs), Marouane Fellaini (Man Utd); Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Romelu Lukaku (Man Utd).

England

Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley); Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Danny Rose (Spurs), John Stones (Man City), Kieran Trippier (Spurs), Ashley Young (Man Utd), Kyle Walker (Man City); Dele Alli (Spurs), Fabian Delph (Man City), Eric Dier (Spurs), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Man Utd), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea); Harry Kane (Spurs), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Raheem Sterling (Man City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal).