Quiz! Can you name all 20 Belgians to play in the Premier League this season?

By Alex Reid
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A host of Belgian talent now calls England’s top flight home – including the nation’s all-time top-scorer and their record appearance-maker

It’s fair to say that Belgium hasn’t always exported talent the way it does right now. Back in the day it was just Philippe ‘the chip’ Albert, Emile Mpenza and Jelle Van Damme, which is a great name for a not particularly great player.

However, Belgium now has a ‘Golden Generation’ to rival England’s of a few years ago; a crop of players lighting up the Premier League, even as they can’t yet get their act together at international level. Good luck with that one, Belgium. Maybe don’t let Steve McClaren have a crack at managing them.

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Alex Reid
Alex Reid

Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.