Arsenal crowned Premier League champions of the international break

Arsenal will return to the Premier League this weekend in fine form after edging out Tottenham by a point to become International Break champions.

Fortunately, the second international break of the season is now over, allowing Premier League clubs to get their players back in time for matchday eight.

Some will return more quickly than others. The English can now focus on their place in Thomas Tuchel’s team after sealing qualification for the World Cup final. On the other hand, Swedish boys, including big summer signings from Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle, are buzzing.

No side will be happier than Arsenal. Not only are they top of the Premier Leaguebut Mikel Arteta’s players have enjoyed more collective success over the past week and a half than any other club, even as Spurs have brought the Gunners desperately close.

How do we know? Mathematics, in fact.

Each international call-up brings his club the points won in international selection, whether they were during World Cup qualifiers or friendly matches. Three for a victory; one for a draw. Only senior call-ups count.

Based on this, we can crown Arsenal the first (and perhaps last) champion of the F365 International Break. Shirt patches are in the mail…

1. Arsenal – 74 points

England (Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, Myles Lewis-Skelly) – 24
Spain (David Raya, Mikel Merino and Martin Zubimendi) – 18
France (Guillaume Saliba) – 4
The Netherlands (Jurrien Bois) – 6
Italy (Riccardo Calafiori) – 6
Belgium (Léandro Trossard) – 4
Suede (Viktor Gyokeres) – 0
Denmark (Christian Norgaard) – 6
Brazil (Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhaes) – 6

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2. Tottenham Hotspur – 73 points

England (Djed Spence) – 6
Wales (Ben Davies, Brennan Johnson) – 0
Northern Ireland (Jamie Donley) – 3
The Netherlands (Xavi Simons, Micky van de Ven) – 12
Austria (Kevin Danso) – 3
Suede (Lucas Bergvall) – 0
Portugal (João Palhinha) – 4
Spain (Pedro Porro) – 6
Italy (Destin Udogie, Guglielmo Vicario) – 12
Israel (Manoir Salomon) – 0
Argentina (Cristian Romero) – 6
Brazil (Richarlison) – 3
Senegal (Pope Matar Sarr) – 6
Ghana (Mohammed Kudus) – 6
Mali (Yves Bissouma) – 6

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3. Manchester City – 68 points

England (Nico O’Reilly, John Stones, James Trafford) – 18 years old
Portugal (Ruben Dias, Matheus Nunes, Bernardo Silva) – 12
Norway (Oscar Bobb, Erling Haaland) – 8
The Netherlands (Nathan Ake, Tijjani Reijnders) – 12
Croatia (Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic) – 8
Belgium (Jérémy Doku) – 4
Italy (Gianluigi Donnarumma) – 6

4.Liverpool – 67 points

Scotland (Andy Robertson) – 6
Northern Ireland (Conor Bradley) – 3
Germany (Florian Wirtz) – 6
France (Hugo Ekitike, Ibrahima Konaté) – 8
The Netherlands (Jérémie Frimpong, Cody Gakpo, Ryan Gravenberch, Virgil van Dijk) – 24
Suede (Alexandre Isak) – 0
Hungary (Milos Kerkez, Dominik Szoboszlai) – 8
Georgia (Giorgi Mamardashvili) – 0
Egypt (Mo Salah) – 6
Argentina (Alexis Mac Allister) – 6

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5. Crystal Palace – 63 points

England (Marc Guéhi, Dean Henderson) – 12
Northern Ireland (Justin Devenny) – 3
France (Jean-Philippe Mateta) – 4
Spain (Eremy Pino) ​​– 6
USA (Chris Richards) – 4
Argentina (Walter Benitez) – 6
Colombia (Daniel Munoz, Jefferson Lerma) – 8
Trinity (Rio Cardines) – 4
Senegal (Ismaïla Sarr) – 6
Japan (Daichi Kamada) – 4
Nigeria (Christantus Uche) – 6

6. Aston Villa – 56 points

5.09 points per player
England (Ezri Konsa, Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins) – 18
Scotland (John McGinn) – 6
France (Lucas Digne) – 4
The Netherlands (Donyell Malen) – 6
Belgium (Amadou Onana) – 4
Poland (Matty Cash) – 6
Suede (Victor Lindelof) – 0
Argentina (Emi Martinez) – 6
Ivory Coast (Evann Guessand) – 6

7. Brentford – 56 points

4.66 points per player
England (Jordan Henderson) – 6
Scotland (Aaron Hickey) – 6
Republic of Ireland (Nathan Collins, Caoimhin Kelleher) – 6
Germany (Kevin Schade) – 6
Denmark (Mikkel Damsgaard) – 6
Ukraine (Yehor Yarmoliuk) – 6
Iceland (Hakon Valdimarsson) – 1
Norway (Kristoffer Ajer) – 4
Burkina Faso (Dango Ouattara) – 6
Nigeria (Frank Onyeka) – 6
Jamaica (Ethan Pinnock) – 3

8. Wolves – 53 points

Norway (Jorgen Strand Larsen, David Moller Wolfe) – 8
Czechia (Ladislav Krejci) – 1
Portugal (Jose Sa) – 4
Brazil (André, João Gomes) – 6
Uruguay (Santiago Bueno) – 6
Colombia (Yerson Mosque) – 4
Haiti (Jean-Ricner Bellegarde) – 3
South Korea (Hee Chan Hwang) – 3
Cameroon (Jackson Tchatchoua) – 4
Nigeria (Tolu Arokodare) – 6
Zimbabwe (Marshal Munetsi, Tawanda Chirewa) – 2
Ivory Coast (Emmanuel Agbadou) – 6

9. Manchester United – 49 points

Portugal (Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes) – 8
Belgium (Senne Lammens) – 4
Denmark (Patrick Dorgu) – 6
Slovenia (Benjamin Sesko) – 2
Türkiye (Altay Bayindir) – 6
Brazil (Casemiro, Matheus Cunha) – 6
Paraguay (Diego Leon) – 1
Ivory Coast (Amad) – 6
Cameroon (Bryan Mbeumo) – 4
Morocco (Noussair Mazraoui) – 6

10. Nottingham Forest – 48 points

England (Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White) – 12
Wales (Néco Williams) – 0
Scotland (Angus Gunn) – 6
Belgium (Matz sells) – 4
Serbia (Nikola Milenkovic) – 3
Swiss (Dan Ndoye) – 4
Brazil (Igor Jesus, Jean Victor) – 6
New Zealand (Chris Bois) – 1
Ivory Coast (Ibrahim Sangaré, Willy Boly) – 12

11.Sunderland – 44 points

Northern Ireland (Dan Ballard, Trai Hume) – 6
The Netherlands (Robin Roefs) – 6
Swiss (Granite Xhaka) – 4
Morocco (Chemsdine Talbi) – 6
Mozambique (Reinildo Mandava) – 3
DR Congo (Noé Sadiki, Arthur Masuaku) – 6
Ivory Coast (Simon Adingra) – 6
Paraguay (Omar Alderete) – 1
Burkina Faso (Bertrand Traoré) – 6

12. Bournemouth – 42 points

Wales (David Brooks) – 0
Scotland (Ryan Christie and Ben Gannon-Doak) – 12
The Netherlands (Justin Kluivert) – 6
Serbia (Veljko Milosavljevic, Dorđe Petrovic) – 6
Argentina (Marcos Senesi) – 6
Ghana (Antoine Séményo) – 6
Morocco (Amine Adli) – 6

13. Fulham – 36 points

Wales (Harry Wilson) – 0
Denmark (Joachim Andersen) – 6
Norway (Sander Bergé) – 4
Belgium (Timothée Castagne) – 4
Nigeria (Calvin Bassey, Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi) – 18 years old
USA (Antonée Robinson) – 4

14. Everton – 33 points

England (Jordan Pickford) – 6
Wales (Tom Roi) – 0
Republic of Ireland (Seamus Coleman, Jake O’Brien, Mark Travers) – 9
Ukraine (Vitalii Mykolenko) – 6
Guinea-Bissau (Béto) – 0
Senegal (Idrissa Gana Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye) – 12

15. Burnley – 31 points

Republic of Ireland (Josh Cullen) – 3
The Netherlands (Quilindschy Hartman) – 6
Suede (Hjalmar Ekdal) – 0
Slovakia (Martin Dubravka) – 3
Albania (Armando Broja) – 6
Tunisia (Hannibal) – 6
South Africa (Lyle Taylor) – 4
DR Congo (Axel Tuanzébé) – 3

16. Newcastle United – 30 points

England (Anthony Gordon, Dan Burn) – 12
Germany (Nick Woltemade) – 6
Italy (Sandro Tonali) – 6
Suede (Anthony Elanga) – 0
Brazil (Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton) – 6

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17.Chelsea – 29 points

France (Malo Gusto) – 4
Portugal (Pedro Neto) – 4
Spain (Marc Cucurella) – 6
Denmark (Filip Jorgensen) – 6
Argentina (Enzo Fernández) – 6
Brazil (Estévao) – 3

18. West Ham – 28 points

England (Jarrod Bowen) – 6
Northern Ireland (Callum Marshall) – 3
Denmark (Mads Hermansen) – 6
Greece (Dinos Mavropanos) – 0
Czechia (Tomas Soucek) – 1
Brazil (Lucas Paquetá) – 3
Senegal (El Hadji Malick Diouf) – 6
DR Congo (Aaron Wan-Bissaka) – 3

19. Brighton – 27 points

The Netherlands (Bart Verbruggen, Jan Paul van Hecke) – 12
Suede (Yasin Ayari) – 0
Belgium (Maxim De Cuyper) – 4
Italy (Diego Coppola) – 6
Cameroon (Carlos Baleba) – 4
Paraguay (Diego Gomez) – 1

20. Leeds United – 10 points

Wales (Karl Darlow, Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu) – 0
Suede (Gabriel Gudmundsson) – 0
Slovenia (Jaka Bijol) – 2
Bulgaria (Ilia Gruev) – 0
Japan (Ao Tanaka) – 4
USA (Brenden Aaronson) – 4