Euro 2020 - 4 Lions playing for Chelsea And counting
There are
more members of the current England squad that play their club football for
Chelsea than any other side, with four, but there was a time not so long ago
when we regularly contributed even more players to the Three Lions. Euro 2020 fans
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Gareth
Southgate has been paying attention to the excellent form of the young
Englishmen in the Blues team in the early stages of this season, calling up
Tammy Abraham, Ross Barkley, Mason Mount, and Fikayo Tomori to his England
squad for the Euro 2020 qualifying matches against the Czech Republic and
Bulgaria.
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Euro 2020 - Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been selected by Southgate in the past |
Given that Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi have both been selected by Southgate in the past and are at varying stages of their return to full fitness after lengthy injury absences, that number could soon increase to six. Euro 2020 fans can book England Euro Cup Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices.
That would
match the number of England internationals we had at the peak of the period
around 13 years ago when we frequently provided a large chunk of the Three
Lions’ squad. Six was the highest number during that time, chosen by Steve
McClaren for a 1-1 friendly draw with the Netherlands in November 2006, but who
were they, and what are they up to now?
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Euro 2020 - Callum Hudson-Odoi has been selected by Southgate in the past |
Ashley Cole
This wasn’t
the happiest game of Cole’s long and distinguished international career. He was
selected ahead of Wayne Bridge at left-back but given the unenviable task of
marking another of his Chelsea team-mates, Arjen Robben.
He also
summed up England’s frustration in the second half when he picked up a booking for
dissent. After a brief spell playing under Frank Lampard, and alongside Mount
and Tomori, last season, Cole retired in the summer. Euro 2020 fans
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He has
retained his strong links with the Blues, though, working as a club ambassador
in the US and Japan as well as helping out with the younger sides in our
Academy as he completes his coaching qualification.
Wayne Bridge
An unused
substitute on that Wednesday evening in Amsterdam, Bridge’s presence in the
squad meant both England left-backs were Chelsea players. After hanging up his
boots in 2014, he was next seen on reality television, taking part in the 2016
edition of I’m a Celebrity.
Get Me Out
of Here! before decided to commit himself full-time to his second passion,
poker. He now competes regularly in professional events on the international
circuit.
Joe Cole
Cole showed
his creativity in Amsterdam by providing a brilliant cross for Wayne Rooney to
score England’s goal. He ended his playing career in November 2018, after
spending time in America with the Tampa Bay Rowdies, and returned to Cobham to
finish his coaching qualifications
Joe Cole takes on a new role with Chelsea as a
technical Academy coach at the start of this year.
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Ashley Cole was selected ahead of Wayne Bridge at left-back |
Frank Lampard
Lampard
played the full 90 minutes against the Netherlands, and we’re sure you don’t
need to tell what the Chelsea legend is up to these days. He is, of course, now
in his first season as head coach here at Chelsea, guiding a young Blues team
to a promising start to the 2019/20 campaign.
Before that,
our all-time leading scorer had learned the ropes as a manager at Derby County
last season, reaching the Championship play-off final with a team which
included Tomori, Mount, and Ashley Cole.
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Lampard played the full 90 minutes against the Netherlands |
John Terry
Terry
skippered the England side on this occasion, his sixth time captaining his
country, and played the whole match. He retired as a player last year at the
age of 37 and went into coaching at Aston Villa, the club he had finished his
playing career with.
He was no
doubt of assistance to Abraham on the training pitch last season at the
Birmingham club, as they earned a promotion to the Premier League via the
play-offs. Furthermore, 4 December is the date to mark on your calendar, when
Terry will return to Stamford Bridge for Villa’s top-flight fixture with
Chelsea.
Shaun Wright-Phillips
The
diminutive winger came off the bench for England against the Netherlands,
replacing Andrew Johnson with a little over 15 minutes remaining. He retired
less than two months ago, after a couple of years playing for Didier Drogba’s
Phoenix Rising team in America.
He has
filled his time since with appearances as a television pundit and working in
various roles at another of his previous clubs Manchester City, where his son
D’Margio signed his first professional contract last month.
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