Premier League players will be in the World Cup squads in Qatar.
With 30 players from the two Manchester teams flying to Qatar, all 20 Premier League clubs will be represented at the World Cup.
134 players from England's highest division were included in the 32 competing nations' final squads, which were announced on Monday.
The squads of Manchester City (16), Manchester United (14), Chelsea (12), and Tottenham Hotspur (11) will provide the majority of the support.
More City players are traveling to Qatar than any other team, except for German powerhouse Bayern Munich (17).
Only six of the 32 countries traveling to the Middle East for the World Cup, which gets underway on Sunday with Qatar vs. Ecuador, do so without a member of the Premier League.
Only the hosts and Saudi Arabia are left without any English-based footballers after four of those nations—Australia, Tunisia, Costa Rica, and Canada—selected players who play for Championship clubs.
Five members of City are included in Gareth Southgate's 26-man England roster, along with three each from Arsenal, Chelsea, Man United, and Newcastle.
Of the twelve players from Brentford's team traveling to the World Cup, Mathias Jensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, and Christian Norgaard will all be contributing to the Danish team.
Another oddity in the team selections is that Brighton has three Ecuadorian players in Pervis Estupinan, Jeremy Sarmiento, and Moises Caicedo.
Roberto Martinez chose three of Leicester's Belgian players, Wout Faes, Youri Tielemans, and Timothy Castagne.
Three players from both the Manchester clubs—Ruben City's Dias, Joao Cancelo, and Bernardo Silva—as well as United's Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, and Diogo Dalot—will travel to Qatar.
Jose Sa, Ruben Neves, and Matheus Nunes are three other Portuguese players that play for the Wolves.
Wayne Hennessey, Neco Williams, and Brennan Johnson are all players selected for Wales who play for Nottingham Forest, according to Rob Page.
With 16 international players leaving for the World Cup from the Etihad Stadium, they are ahead of Barcelona and 16 players from Al-Sadd, the Qatari club that serves as both their national team and club.
While Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Ajax, and Atletico Madrid will say goodbye to 11 players this week, Real Madrid will have 13 of its stars in the championships.
A single Premier League club may only have a maximum of two players selected.
Wales will be represented by Chris Mepham and Kieffer Moore of Bournemouth, while Jordan Ayew of Ghana and Armel Bella-Kotchap of Germany will play for Southampton and Joachim Andersen of Denmark will play for Crystal Palace.
A total of 163 players from England are traveling to the World Cup, making up nearly a fifth (19.61%) of the 832 participants.
Except for Chris Gunter (AFC Wimbledon), Matthew Smith (MK Dons), Joe Morrell (Portsmouth), and Jonny Williams (Swindon), who are all members of the Wales team, there are 29 players from leagues below the Premier League, all from the Championship.
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