Britain is famous for many things. In jumbled order: the Empire and the colonies, the Royal family, pubs, quaint country villages, pop music, Shakespeare and its poets, double decker buses, red phone boxes, fish and chips, tea drinking, Stonehenge, Cornwall, Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, the Scottish Highlands, the Gower Coast, the Giant Causeway, its inter-country rivalries and one could on. It is also where modern football, more or less as we know it today, started.
England are the joint oldest national team in football with Scotland having played each other in 1872. At club level the oldest five teams are Notts County (1862), Stoke City (1863), Wrexham (1864), Nottingham Forest (1865) and Sheffield Wednesday (1867).
The four home nation football teams are obviously England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
England are ranked 4th in the world and are the ones who have been the most competitive. They have taken part in 16 World Cups, winning it in 1966 and reaching two semi-finals in 1990 and 2018. The Three Lions have played in 11 European Championships and were runners up in Euro2020 (held in 2021) and 2024. England won the now defunct home nations tournament 54 times (20 shared). Their home ground is Wembley, London.
Scotland are ranked 34th. The Scots have played in 8 World Cups and 4 European Championships but never got past the first round. Scotland won the home nations tournament 24 times (17 shared). The Tartan army play their home games at Hampden Park, Glasgow.
Wales are ranked 29th. The Red Dragons have taken part in 2 World Cups, in 1958 reaching the quarterfinals and then the recent 2022 in Qatar. Wales have played the European Championship twice, in 2016 surprisingly reaching the semi-final and in 2020. The "Dreigiau" won the home nations tournament 12 times (5 shared). Their home ground is the Cardiff City Stadium.
Northern Ireland are ranked 73rd. The Green and White Army have taken part in 3 World Cups, reaching the quarterfinals in 1958, and 1 European Championship in 2016. The Norn Iron won the home nations championship 8 times (5 shared). They play at Windsor Park, Dublin.
The British have done better at club level. English clubs have won:
The European Cup/Champions League 15 times (Liverpool 6, Manchester United 3, Chelsea 2, Nottingham Forest 2, Manchester City 1, Aston Villa 1)
The UEFA/Europa League 9 times (Liverpool 3, Tottenham 2, Chelsea 2, Manchester United 1, Ipswich Town 1)
The old Cup Winners Cup 7 times (Chelsea 2, Arsenal 1, Tottenham 1, West-Ham 1, Manchester United 1, Everton 1)
The European Super Cup 9 times (Liverpool 4, Chelsea 2, Manchester United 1, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 1).
Scotland have won the European Championship once (Celtic), the Cup Winners Cup twice (Rangers, Aberdeen) and the European Super Cup once (Aberdeen).
Welsh clubs have reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup once (Cardiff City) and the quarterfinals twice (Cardiff City, Newport County).
Northern Ireland have failed to have any decent European club results with Linfield, Glenavon, Glentoran, Larne, Cliftonville, Crusaders and others.
The British teams have had some great players who include:
For England; Billy Wright, Tom Finney, Nat Lofthouse, Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Greaves, Gordon Banks, Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Kevin Keegan, Gary Lineker, Paul Gascoigne, Alan Shearer, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney to present day Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham
For Scotland: Bill Brown, Billy McNeill, Danny McGrain, Jim Baxter, Alex Young, Ian St. John, Dennis Law, Dave McKay, Billy Bremner, Jimmy Johnstone, Archie Gemmill, Joe Jordan, Alan Hansen, Graeme Souness, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish, Gordon Strachan
For Wales: Ivor Allchurch, Trevor Ford, Cliff Jones, Billy Meredith, John Charles, John Toshack, Leighton James, Joe Jones, Neville Southall, Mark Hughes, Ian Rush, Kevin Ratcliffe, Ryan Giggs, Gary Speed, Gareth Bale
For Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower, Pat Jennings, George Best, Sammy Mcllroy, Allan Hunter, Norman Whiteside, Martin O'Neill, Aaron Hughes, Steven Davis, Johny Evans
Some of these and more have played in Italy plus some managers.
Pre-1900
Herbert Kilpin - 1891 he played for Internazionale Torino, Mediolanum Milano and Milan
George Edward Samuel Blake, 1898 he played for Genoa and Palermo
James Richardson Spensley, 1898 he played for Genoa
William Baird, 1898 he played for Genoa
Robert "Al" Leaver, 1898 he played for Genoa
G.Daniel "Dan" Fawcus, 1898 he played for Genoa
I.W.Agar, 1899 he played for Genoa
Arkless, 1899 he played for Genoa
1900-1909
(some of the clubs did not exist in their modern form but the players were based in a club in that town). All English if not otherwise stated.
David Allison,1900 he played for Milan
Samuel Richard Davies, 1900 he played for Milan
Hood ,1900 he played for Milan
Harry Goodley , 1900 he played for Juventus
Edward M. De Garston, 1900 he played for Palermo
Norman Olsen ,1900 he played for Palermo
Molloy, 1901 he played for Palermo
Wade, 1902 he played for Milan
James Squire, Scotland, 1904 he played for Juventus
William Basil, 1906 he played for Palermo
W.A Morrison, 1906 he played for Palermo
John Reid, 1906 he played for Palermo
Brown, 1906 he played for Messina
Charles Edward O'Kelly, 1906 he played for Livorno
Arthur Rogers, 1906 he played for Torino
Black, 1907 he played for Venezia
Sir Thomas Mac Cormack, 1908 he played for Inter and Milan
W.Potts, 1908 he played for Napoli
Jack Diment, Scotland, 1908 he played for Torino
Spencer, 1908 he played for Lucca
Elliott, 1909 he played for Genoa
Frederick " Fred" White ,1909 he played for Genoa
Fallert, 1909 he played for Napoli
Stevens, 1909 he played for Napoli
Hubert Kingdon,1909 he played for Napoli and Itala Firenze
Fitzsimmonds, 1909 Itala Firenze
1910-1919
(Some of the clubs did not exist in their modern form but the players were based in a club in that town eg, Napoli and Rome as these clubs were formed later)
Binning, 1910 he played for Catania
Slaiter, 1910 he played for Catania
Cottius, 1910 he played for Genoa
Murphy, 1910 he played for Genoa and Pisa
Harold Swift, 1910 he played for Genoa and Torino
Telleson, 1910 he played for Genoa
Emery, 1910 he played for Pisa
Woob, 1910 he played for Pisa
Smith, 1910 he played for Pisa
George Little, 1910 he played for Napoli
W.R.Shepard, 1910 he played for Napoli
Mason, 1910 he played for Torino
Turner, 1911 he played for Palermo
Dearden, 1911 he played for Genoa
Miller, 1911 he played for Genoa
Davis, 1911 he played for Genoa and Inter
Marsh, 1911 he played for Genoa
Cunningham, 1911 he played for Itala Firenze
Reinhert, 1911 he played for Juventus
Heyle, 1911 he played for Juventus
Johnson, 1911 he played for Juventus
Ayers, 1912 he played for Juventus
Brown, 1912 he played for Juventus
Hudson, 1912 he played for Torino
Hector John Eastwood, 1912 he played for Genoa and Napoli
Percy Graham "Polidor" Walsingham, 1912 he played for Genoa
John Wylie Grant, 1912 he played for Genoa
Mitchell, 1912 he played for Genoa
George A.Smith, 1912 he played for Genoa and Alessandria
Croom, 1912 he played for Milan
What, 1912 he played for Itala Firenze
Gordon Cowell, 1912 he played for Itala Firenze
Hint, 1912 he played Itala Firenze
John Roberts, 1912 he played for Milan and Modena
Hawthourne, 1912 he played for Palermo
Paolo Blake, 1913 he played for Genoa
Karl Bowden, 1913 he played for Roma
William Crump, 1913 he played for Roma
Paul Telfener, 1913 he played for Roma
William Halten, 1913 he played for Livorno
Hescool, 1913 he played for Juventus
Williams, 1913 he played for Milan
James White, 1914 he played for Juventus Italia Football Club Milano
James Harris, 1914 he played for Juventus
Robert Eversden, 1914 he played for Itala Firenze
Arthur William Wood, 1914 he played for Itala Firenze
William Kelly, 1914 he played for Itala Firenze
Nick, 1914 he played for Libertas Firenze
Singer, 1914 he played for Gallaratese Gallarate
Fawles, 1914 he played for Napoli
Leslie Walter Minter, 1914 he played for Napoli
Wood, 1914 he played for Palermo
Carlo Davies, 1919 he played for Milan and Inter
In 1912 a former English footballer William Garbutt arrived in Genoa to work in the port. He had played for Woolwich Arsenal and Blacburn Rovers before an injury forced him to retire at 29. By July 1912 he was Genoa's manager and stayed for 15 seasons and won 3 league titles. He then became Italy manager in 1913-14, Roma 1927-29 and Napoli 1929-35. He then spent a season with Athletic Bilbao winning the Liga in 1936. He returned to Italy and joined Milan for 1936-37 before going back to Genoa from 1937-40 and 1946-48.
A curious fact is that he is the reason Italians to this day still call their managers "Mister”, it all started with Mister Garbutt.
1920-1945
Meachan, 1921 he played for Vicenza
Robert Spottishwood, 1922 he played for Inter
Kirwan, 1923 he played for Livorno
Odling V, 1923 he played for Carrarese
1940's
Charles Adcock- England - forward - (1946-51), he was the first Brit to play in post -war Italy. He played 84 games for Padova (2 in B, 1 in A), 17 for Triestina (in A) and 9 for Treviso (in B), with 38 total goals (11 in A and 28 in B).
William Jordan- England - midfielder/forward-(1948-49), he spent a season with Juventus with 20 league games and 5 goals. He had problems settling in and left for Birmingham City.
1950's
Anthony Marchi- England -midfielder - (1957-59), he came from eight years with Tottenham and spent one season with Vicenza and one with Torino. He played 59 league games with 11 goals. He then returned to Tottenham. He won 2 league titles, 2 FA Cups and 1 Cup Winners Cup with Spurs.
John Charles - Wales - forward- (1957-62, 1962-63), he arrived from five good years at Leeds (150 league goals) and spent five successful years with Juventus, winning 3 Scudetti and two domestic cups and playing 182 games with 105 goals. He then returned to Leeds briefly but in November 1962 joined Roma for the rest of the season where he only played 12 games with 5 goals. He then went back to Wales and Cardiff City. He earned 38 caps for Wales with 15 goals but missed the 1958 World Cup through injury. Along with Gareth Bale and Ryan Giggs he is considered one of Wales' best players ever.
In this period Lazio also had two English managers, George Raynor and Jesse Carver.
Raynor was Lazio manager from game 8 in 1954-55 with a 12th place finish. He had previously been technical director of Juventus in 1954. He had also led Sweden to Olympic gold in 1948 and to the World Cup final in 1958.
Carver was Lazio manager from game 15 in 1955-56 with a 3rd place and in 1956-57 with a 3rd place finish and then technical director from mid-January to June 1961 when Lazio were relegated. He had previously coached Juventus (1949-51, winning a Scudetto), been technical director at Torino (1953), coached Roma (1953-55), Inter (1957-58) and Genoa (1959-60).
1960's
Gerry Hitchens- England - forward - (1961- 69), he arrived from Aston Villa to Inter where he stayed two years, then Torino three years, Atalanta two and Cagliari two. He played 216 league games and scored 59 goals. He then left for Worcester City. He won 7 caps for England with 5 goals. He is considered one of the more successful English players to have played in Italy.
Jimmy Greaves- England - forward - (1961), he arrived at Milan following four prolific years at Chelsea. With the Rossoneri he only stayed five months as he did not get on with manager Nereo Rocco, he however scored 9 goals in 13 games. He went back to London and became a Tottenham legend (268 goals). He earned 57 England caps with 44 goals and won the 1966 World Cup.
Joe Baker - England - forward - (1961-62), he spent a season with Torino. He played 19 league games and scored 7 goals. He left for Arsenal. He won 8 caps for England with 3 goals.
Dennis Law- Scotland - forward - (1961-62), he arrived from Manchester City to Torino but only stayed one season. He played 28 games with 10 goals. He then went to Manchester United for 11 seasons before returning for one more with City. He won 55 caps for Scotland with 30 goals. He is considered one of the best Scottish players ever.
1970's
No foreigners allowed in Serie A due to Italy's 1966 World Cup fiasco. The only slight British connections were at Lazio. Giuseppe Wilson was born in Darlington with an English father and Giorgio Chinaglia spent some of his childhood in South-Wales.
1980's
Joe Jordan- Scotland - forward - (1981-83), he joined Milan from Manchester United and previously Leeds United where he had won a league title and an FA Cup. With Milan he stayed two seasons, one in A and one in B, playing 52 league games and scoring 12 goals. "Lo Squalo" (The Shark) then played a season with Verona in A, playing 12 games with 1 goal. He then left Italy and joined Southampton. He won 52 caps for Scotland with 11 goals.
Trevor Francis- England - forward - (1982-87), he arrived at Sampdoria from Manchester City. He had previously won 2 European Cups with Nottingham Forest. With Samp he stayed four seasons, playing 67 league games with 17 goals and winning a Coppa Italia. He then spent a year with Atalanta with 21 league games and 1 goal. He then joined Rangers. He won 52 caps for England with 12 goals.
Luther Blissett- England - forward -(1983-84), he joined Milan from Watford but only stayed one year. He played 30 league games with 5 goals. He then returned to Watford. He won 14 England caps with 3 goals (all on his debut).
Mark Hateley - England - forward - (1984-87), joined Milan from Portsmouth. He spent three seasons with the Rossoneri, playing 66 league games with 17 goals (including derby winner). He was often injured and in 1987 left for Monaco. He earned 32 caps for England with 9 goals.
Graeme Souness- Scotland - midfielder- (1984-86), joined Sampdoria at 31 after 247 league games for Liverpool (with 5 league titles and 3 European Cups). He stayed with Samp two seasons, playing 56 league games with 8 goals and winning a Coppa Italia. He then left for Rangers. He later had a brief spell as Torino technical director in 1997. "Champagne Charlie" earned 54 caps for Scotland with 4 goals.
Ray Wilkins- England - midfielder - (1984-87), had good spells at Chelsea and Manchester United before joining Milan. He stayed three seasons, playing 73 league games with 2 goals before leaving for P.S.G. He was popular in Milan and remembered fondly. He won 84 caps for England with 3 goals.
Paul Rideout- England - forward - (1985-88), he joined Bari from Aston Villa. He played one year in Serie A and two in B, playing 99 league games with 23 goals. He then left for Southampton.
Gordan Cowans- England - midfielder - (1985-88), he arrived at Bari with Rideout from Aston Villa and he too stayed three seasons. He played 94 league games with 3 goals. He then returned to Villa. He played 10 times for England with 2 goals.
Paul Elliott- England - defender - (1987-89), he arrived from Aston Villa to Pisa. He stayed two seasons in A but was often injured, playing 21 league games with 1 goal. He then joined Celtic.
Ian Rush- Wales - forward - (1987-88), arrived at Juventus after seven hugely successful seasons with Liverpool (4 league titles, 1 FA Cup, 2 European Cups and 207 goals). He only stayed one season in Turin, playing 40 total games with 13 goals. He never really settled and returned to Liverpool where he scored another 144 goals and won another league title and 2 FA Cups. He won 73 caps for Wales and scored 28 goals.
1990's
David Platt -England - midfielder - (1991-95), he joined Bari from Aston Villa and stayed one season, playing 29 league games with 11 goals. He then joined Juventus for a season, playing 16 league games with 3 goals and winning a UEFA Cup. Finally he joined Sampdoria for two seasons playing 55 league games and 17 goals and winning a Coppa Italia. He then joined Arsenal. He won 62 caps for England with 27 goals.
England - midfielder - (1992-95), he joined Lazio in 1992 from Tottenham. He was recovering from a serious injury and suffered another during his three years in Rome. He played a total of 47 games for the Biancocelesti with 7 goals (including equaliser in the dying minutes of the derby). He was adored at Lazio and one of the most popular players in their history. He left for Rangers. He won 57 caps for England with 10 goals.
Des Walker- England - defender - (1992-93), he joined Sampdoria after eight years with Nottingham Forest. In Genoa he stayed one year, playing 30 league games. He then left for Sheffield Wednesday. He earned 59 caps for England.
Paul Ince- England - midfielder - (1995-97), he joined Inter after six seasons with Manchester United (two league titles, two FA Cups and a Cup Winners Cup). At Inter he stayed two seasons, playing 73 games with 13 goals. He then went to Liverpool. He won 53 caps for England with 2 goals.
Franz Carr- England - forward - (1996-97), he joined Reggiana in Serie A from Aston Villa but only played 6 league games over one season. He then joined Bolton on loan.
Lee Sharpe- England - midfielder - (1999), after spending eight seasons at Manchester United he joined Sampdoria on loan from Leeds United in early 1999. He only played 3 league games in five months before joining Bradford City. He won 8 caps for England.
Danny Dichio- England - forward- (1997), he joined Sampdoria from QPR but never made his league debut and in January joined Lecce on loan where he played 4 league games with 1 goal and the Giallorossi were relegated. He then joined Sunderland.
In this period manager Roy Hodgson worked in Italy. From November 1995 to May 1997, he was manager of Inter with 7th and 3rd places and a UEFA Cup final (lost to Schalke 04 on penalties). He was back at Inter from May to June 1999 for the last 4 matches and an 8th place. His last Italian experience was with Udinese from July to December 2001 when he was replaced by Gian Piero Ventura.
2000's
Jan Bothroyd- England - forward - (2003-2004), he joined Perugia from Coventry City. He stayed in Umbria one season, playing 28 league games with 5 goals. The Grifoni won the Intertoto Cup but were relegated from Serie A. Bothroyd then left and joined Stoke City on loan and then Cardiff City. He won 1 cap for England.
David Beckham- England - midfielder - (2009, 2010), after great success with Manchester United and Real Madrid he joined Milan on two separate loan spells from LA Galaxy from January to June in two separate seasons. He played 33 games for the Rossoneri with 2 goals. He then returned to LA Galaxy and then P.S.G. The "Spice Boy" or "Becks" won 115 caps for England with 17 goals. He was a relative success in Italy, especially commercially.
2010-20
Kevin Lafferty- Northern Ireland - forward - (2013-14), he joined Palermo from Sion. The Rosanero were in Serie B and he played 34 league games with 11 goals, helping to win the league and promotion. He then joined Norwich City. He came back to Italy in 2020 and played 9 league games with 1 goal for Reggina in Serie B. He has won 89 caps for Northern Ireland with 20 goals.
Micah Richards- England - defender - (2014-15), he joined Fiorentina on loan after nine seasons with Manchester City (2 league titles and 1 FA Cup). He stayed one season, playing 10 league games before joining Aston Villa. He won 13 caps for England with 1 goal.
Ashley Cole- England - defender - (2014-16), he joined Roma from Chelsea after 8 years with the Blues and previously 6 with Arsenal. He stayed a season and a half with the Giallorossi but only played 16 games. He was a huge disappointment (for some...). He then left for LA Galaxy in January 2016. He won 107 caps for England.
Nathaniel Chalobah- England - defender - (2015-16), he joined Napoli on loan from Reading but was owned by Chelsea. He played 9 games for Napoli with 1 goal. He then returned to Chelsea. He has won 1 cap for England.
England - midfielder - (2015-17, 2018-19), he signed for Lazio from West Ham United (via Cardiff City). He had two spells in the Italian capital but never imposed himself. He impressed in preseason but then only played 8 games over a season and a half before leaving for QPR on loan in January 2017. He returned to Lazio in the summer of 2018 after a stint in Mexico but never played and in January 2019 joined Österlund in Sweden. A talent who never fulfilled expectations. After playing for England U16's, U17's, U18's and U21's, in 2020 he also got Jamaican citizenship and has played 20 times for the "Reggae Boyz".
Joe Hart- England - goalkeeper - (2016-17), he joined Torino on loan after 8 years with Manchester City (with a brief interlude with Birmingham City). He stayed in Turin one season, playing 37 games. He then joined West-Ham United, Burnley and Celtic. He won 75 caps for England.
Stephy Mavididi- England - forward - (2018 -19), he joined Juventus from Charlton and played one league game for the Bianconeri first team and 32 games for Juventus U23, who play in the 3rd tier, with 6 goals. He then joined Dijon on loan and is currently with Leicester City.
Harvey St.Clair-Scotland-midfielder /Winger- (2018-23), he joined Venezia in 2018 and played 21 league games. He then spent a year on loan at Kilmarnock. In 2021-22 he spent a few months on loan with Seregno with 17 league games then joined Triestina on loan with 13 league games and 2 goals. In 2023 he spent half a season with Vis Pesaro with 15 league games before leaving for the United States.
Ben Wilmot- England - defender -(2019), he had a brief three-month spell with Udinese on loan from Watford. He played 5 league games and then joined Swansea City on loan. He Is now at Stoke City.
Aaron Ramsey -Wales - midfielder - (2019-22), after an excellent career with Arsenal he joined Juventus. He stayed three seasons but was often injured. He played 70 games with 6 goals and won a Scudetto, a Coppa Italia and a Supercoppa. He left for Nice and now plays for Cardiff City. He has won 86 caps for Wales with 21 goals.
Chris Smalling- England - defender - (2019-2024), he joined Roma after nine seasons with Manchester United. He stayed five seasons in Rome, playing 155 games with 10 goals and winning a Conference League. He was a success with the Giallorossi until in his last season he was plagued by injuries. He then joined Al-Fayha in Saudi Arabia. He has won 31 caps for England with 1 goal.
2020's
Ethan Ampadu- Wales - midfielder - (2021-2023), he joined Venezia on loan from Chelsea (via Leipzig and Sheffield United). He played 30 games but the Venetians were relegated. He then played for Spezia for a season, playing 34 games with 1 goal but the Bianconeri were also relegated. He then joined Leeds United. He has 54 caps for Wales.
Ainsley Maitland -Niles- England - defender - (2022), he joined Roma on loan from Arsenal in January. He played 19 games over 6 months under José Mourinho and won the Conference League. He then joined Southampton on loan. He has won 5 caps for England.
Aaron Hickey- Scotland - defender - (2020-22), he joined Bologna from Hearts. He stayed two seasons, playing 48 games and scoring 5 goals. He played well in Italy and then went to the Premier League and Brentford. He has 14 caps for Scotland.
Axel Tuanzebe- England - defender - (2022), he spent six months from January to June at Napoli on loan from Manchester United (via Aston Villa). He played 2 games in Naples and then returned to Manchester. He is currently at IpswichTown. He played for England U19's, U20's and U21's but he also has Republic of Congo citizenship and has won 3 caps for the African nation.
Luis Binks- England - defender- (2021-2023), he grew up with Tottenham but arrived in Italy from Montreal Impact. He joined Bologna for a season and played 15 league games. He was Bologna 's first English player in their history. He then moved to Como on loan in Serie B and played 34 games. He then joined Coventry City in the Championship.
Harry Winks- England - midfielder - (2022-23), after six years at Tottenham he joined Sampdoria on loan. He played 20 league games but the Blucerchiati were relegated. He then joined Leicester City. He has won 10 caps for England with 1 goal.
Jack Hendry - Scotland - defender - (2022-23), he joined Cremonese on loan from Club Bruges. He played 6 games and left in January back to Bruges. The Grigiorossi from Cremona were then relegated. He now plays for Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia. He has 34 caps for Scotland with 3 goals.
Djed Spence- England -defender - (2024), he joined Genoa in January on loan from Tottenham (via Rennes and Leeds United). He played 16 league games before returning to Spurs.
Currently 2024-25
Ronaldo Vieira- England - midfielder - (2018- present day), he joined Sampdoria from Leeds United. He stayed two seasons, playing 44 games. In 2020-21 he spent a year with Verona, playing 5 games with 1 goal. In 2021 he returned to Sampdoria with a six-month loan period to Torino between January and June 2023, playing 2 league games. With Sampdoria he has played a total of 96 games and is currently with the Blucerchiati in Serie B.
Liam Henderson- Scotland- midfielder - (2018-pd), he arrived at Bari from Celtic in January 2018. He played 20 games for the Biancorossi who were in Serie B. In the summer of 2018, he moved to Verona in Serie B. The Gialloblu won promotion and he played 30 games with 3 goals. In January 2020, after another 5 games for Verona, he joined Empoli in Serie B, playing 16 games with 1 goal. In 2020-21 he spent a year with Lecce in Serie B, playing 42 games with 4 goals. In 2021 he returned to Empoli in Serie A and stayed three seasons, playing 67 games. In 2023-24 he spent a year with Palermo in Serie B, playing 31 games with 1 goal. This season he is back at Empoli in Serie A.
Samuel Iling-Junior- England - midfielder - (2020-pd), he came from the Chelsea academy and then joined Juventus. In 2021 he played for Juventus Next Gen in the 3rd tier, playing 9 games with 3 goals. In 2022 he joined the first squad for two seasons, playing 36 games with 2 goals. This season he plays for Bologna on loan.
Tammy Abraham- England - forward - (2021-pd), played for Roma for three years and is currently at A.C Milan on loan. For Roma he played 120 games with 37 goals. In his last season he was out injured for most of the campaign. He has 11 caps for England with 3 goals.
Fikayo Tomori- England - defender - (2021-pd), he arrived at Milan from Chelsea. Until this season he had played 142 games with 7 goals. He has 5 caps for England.
Josh Doig- Scotland - defender - (2022-pd), he arrived at Verona from Hibernian. He stayed one and a half seasons with the Gialloblu, playing 36 games with 2 goals. In January 2024 he joined Sassuolo who were then relegated and are now in Serie B.
Lewis Ferguson- Scotland - (2022-pd), in his third season with Bologna. After two very positive campaigns he missed most of last season through injury. Before this season he had played 66 games with 13 goals for the Rossoblu. He has 12 caps for Scotland.
Ruben Loftus Cheek- England - midfielder - (2023-pd), he arrived from Chelsea and is in his second season with Milan. In the first he played 40 games with 10 goals. He has 10 caps for England.
Keinan Davis- England - forward - (2023-pd), he joined Udinese from Watford and is in his second season. In his first season he played 8 games with 1 goal.
Ben Godfrey- England - defender - (2024-pd), arrived from Everton and is in his first season with Atalanta. He has 2 caps for England.
Omari Forson- England - forward - (2024-pd), arrived from Manchester United and is in his first season with Monza.
Tino Anjorin- England - midfielder - (2024-pd), arrived from Chelsea (via Lokomotiv Moscow, Huddersfield Town and Portsmouth) and is in his first season with Empoli.
Scott McTominay- Scotland - midfielder - (2024-pd), arrived from Manchester United and is in his first season with Napoli. He has 58 caps for Scotland with 11 goals.
Billy Gilmour- Scotland - midfielder - (2024-pd), he arrived from Brighton and is in his first season with Napoli. He has 36 caps for Scotland with 2 goals.
Ché Adams- Scotland - forward - (2024-pd), he arrived from Southampton and is in his first season with Torino. He has 35 caps for Scotland with 6 goals.
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