Just 18 gamers have ever received a European Cup and FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship double in the identical yr, with Raphaël Varane the most recent member of an elite membership following his triumphs with Real Madrid and France in 2018.
This month there’s a new double up for grabs, with simply two gamers nonetheless capable of win the inaugural UEFA Nations League eight days after lifting the UEFA Champions League trophy with Liverpool: the Netherlands’ Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum.
England had three hopefuls of their very own – Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez and Jordan Henderson – earlier than Gareth Southgate’s aspect had been overwhelmed by the Dutch i…