World Cup 2018: 6 Clubs With the Most Number of Players Going to Russia

#4. Chelsea (14 players)

Chelsea have 13 players at the World Cup despite some major exclusions

Even after the exclusion of Cesc Fabregas, Marcos Alonso, Álvaro Morata, Pedro Rodriguez, David Luiz, Danny Drinkwater, Ross Barkley and Tiémoué Bakayoko; 13 players contracted to Chelsea will be heading to Russia.

The two English players from Chelsea are Gary Cahill - who also happens to be the most capped and senior most player in the current England squad - and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

However, Chelsea have three players from Belgium heading to the World Cup, namely, Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois, and Michy Batshuayi, of which the former two are sure-shot starters.

Two key players of the French team, Olivier Giroud and N’Golo Kante, are also from Chelsea. However, Cesar Azpilicueta is the only Spaniard from Chelsea going to Russia while four others have been left out.

Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen are the other two European players from Chelsea heading to the World Cup.

The two African players from Chelsea heading to Russia are Victor Moses and Kenneth Omeruo both of Nigeria.

Interestingly, Nigeria have the youngest squad at the World Cup. Also, 24-year-old Omeruo who has played 38 games for Nigeria has never played for Chelsea. He has been on loan to four different clubs since joining the Chelsea in 2012.

Finally, there are two South American players from Chelsea going to the World Cup. Willian of Brazil and Willy Caballero of Argentina.