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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>It seems as if there is more football than ever.<\/b><\/p>\n

Since the Champions League final some players have had two international games, played in up to seven Fifa Club World Cup matches and featured in some pre-season friendlies \u2013 all around the world.<\/p>\n

That was after a season with the biggest European club campaigns ever \u2013 and it will be the same again this time.<\/p>\n

Plus there is an Africa Cup of Nations in the middle of the season and a 48-team World Cup in North America at the end of it.<\/p>\n

So which clubs\u2019 players have featured in the most matches in the past year \u2013 and who should be the freshest on paper?<\/p>\n

And which individual players could be exhausted before this season even starts?<\/p>\n

BBC Sport, with the help of Opta, looks at how much competitive football current Premier League players \u2013 including new signings \u2013 have played since the start of last summer for club and country, across an incredible 104 competitions.<\/p>\n

Which teams have the freshest squads?<\/b><\/p>\n

We picked 20 outfield players for each club who played the most league games last season \u2013 and then replaced ones who have left (or played the least last season) with new signings.<\/p>\n

We have looked at their total minutes played for club and country since the start of last summer \u2013 1 June 2024.<\/p>\n

And the results are in…<\/p>\n

The freshest team this season in the Premier League should be Everton.<\/p>\n

The players in Everton\u2019s current squad played an average of just 1,847 minutes of football last season \u2013 the equivalent of about 21 full games.<\/p>\n

Only one player \u2013 35-year-old Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye \u2013 played more than 4,000 minutes (44 full games).<\/p>\n

Only West Ham played fewer games last season than Everton among the current Premier League clubs, as both teams were knocked out of both domestic cups early.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth\u2019s squad is the second freshest in terms of minutes played.<\/p>\n

But given they made the most sprints in the top flight last season under Andoni Iraola\u2019s intense pressing style, they might not feel as rested…<\/p>\n

And which teams is the least fresh?<\/b><\/p>\n

Manchester City have the least fresh squad in the Premier League according to our data.<\/p>\n

While City did exit the Champions League early, they reached the FA Cup final and also took part in the Club World Cup in June and July.<\/p>\n

Most of City\u2019s players are also established internationals \u2013 and played an average of 3,780 minutes in the past 14 months, or exactly 42 full games of football. That is double Everton\u2019s total.<\/p>\n

And some of City\u2019s summer signings actually increased their average.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, who played for Guardiola\u2019s side in the Club World Cup, has played an incredible 6,032 minutes for AC Milan, the Netherlands and City since last summer \u2013 the equivalent of 67 full games.<\/p>\n

Our data found Arsenal have the second-least fresh squad, with an average of 3,552 minutes played.<\/p>\n

The seven teams who played in Europe topped the list for most games played, along with Championship play-off winners Sunderland.<\/p>\n

Chelsea actually played more games than anyone else last season \u2013 including on their way to winning the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n

However, they rotated their squad in the Conference League \u2013 and went out of both domestic cups at the fourth-round stage, so their first-teamers are more rested than City\u2019s… on paper anyway.<\/p>\n

Is age a factor?<\/b><\/p>\n

Youth could work in Chelsea\u2019s favour too.<\/p>\n

Enzo Maresca\u2019s side have by far the youngest squad in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

No player over the age of 27 played for the Blues in the league last season, and they had the youngest squad at the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n

Their oldest summer signing is 23-year-old Joao Pedro. So does youth mean they might feel the minutes in their legs less?<\/p>\n

By contrast, Chelsea\u2019s west London rivals Fulham have the oldest playing squad in the top flight.<\/p>\n

Their average age of 27 is the same as Chelsea\u2019s oldest player, Tosin Adarabioyo, who incidentally joined last summer from the Cottagers.<\/p>\n

Which players have played the most football?<\/b><\/p>\n

New Wolves signing Jhon Arias tops the list of most minutes played in 2024-25.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old winger played a remarkable 6,577 minutes for Brazilian club Fluminense and national side Colombia \u2013 the equivalent of 73 full games.<\/p>\n

Brazilian clubs play in their national league and state competitions, plus cups and continental competitions.<\/p>\n

Arias, who has joined Wolves for \u00a315m, also played in the Club World Cup this summer with Fluminense, reaching the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

The only other Premier League players to have played more than 6,000 minutes of football are Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes and new City signing Reijnders.<\/p>\n

Fifteen other players played more than 5,000 minutes \u2013 with Leeds and Wales defender Joe Rodon also making the list.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. It seems as if there is more football than ever. Since the Champions League final some players have had two international games, played in up to seven Fifa Club World Cup matches and featured in some pre-season friendlies \u2013 all around the world. That was after a season with the biggest European […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-84206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nFresh or Fatigued \u2013 how Rested is your Premier League Team\u2019S Squad? - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It seems as if there is more football than ever. 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