Jese Rodriguez becomes the FIFTH Champions League winner at Stoke... and that's more than any other Premier League side
- There are 21 Champions League winners currently playing in Premier League
- Five of them now ply their trade at Stoke City after Jese Rodriguez's arrival
- Bojan, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ibrahim Afellay and Darren Fletcher have won trophy
- Chelsea boast four European Cup winners with Manchester City having three
Stoke City have completed the season-long loan signing of Jese Rodriguez from Paris Saint-Germain, and the Spaniard's arrival has brought with it an unlikely stat.
Jese has won the Champions League twice in his career with Real Madrid, meaning Stoke currently boast more winners of the European Cup than any other Premier League side.
The 24-year-old joins Bojan, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ibrahim Afellay and Darren Fletcher in having won Europe's most coveted prize during their career so Mark Hughes can select from a squad containing five Champions League winners.
Stoke City's squad now contains five Champions League winners after Jese Rodriguez signed
Jese played a role in Real Madrid's 2014 and 2016 wins before he moved to Paris Saint-Germain
Ibrahim Afellay was a member of the Barcelona squad to prosper in the 2010-11 season
Stoke could have had a staggering seven players to have tasted success in Europe's premier cup competition had they not sold Marko Arnautovic to West Ham and loaned out Marc Muniesa to Girona earlier this summer.
It is an unlikely statistic given the club's standing in the top flight, with the Premier League elite currently left in their wake when it comes to Champions League medals within their respective squads.
Chelsea are next with four winners - David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Alvaro Morata (twice at Real Madrid) and Pedro (three times at Barcelona) having the trophy among their club honours, with the Blues having won it in 2012.
Manchester City currently have three players to have won the Champions League with Danilo and Yaya Toure having done so at Real and Barca respectively while Claudio Bravo was at the Nou Camp during the 2015 season, although he was not used in the competition.
Manchester City new boy Danilo (right) played for Real Madrid against Atletico in the 2016 final
Pedro enjoyed lifted the European Cup three times as part of the dominant Barcelona team
Manchester United will look to go far in the competition this year under Jose Mourinho, but he can only look to two players - Michael Carrick and Juan Mata - for experience of past glories on the biggest European stage.
It is the same number as at Southampton, where Ryan Bertrand played for Chelsea in the penalty shootout success over Bayern Munich in the final while Oriol Romeu was named on the substitutes' bench that night at the Allianz Arena.
The summer spree at Everton has coincided with them bolstering their own Champions League winners with Sandro Ramirez (Barcelona, 2014-15) and Wayne Rooney (United, 2007-08) haveing played roles in previous triumphs.
Darren Fletcher (far right) is another player at Stoke to have won the Champions League
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge (lef) lifted the top prize at Chelsea after beating Bayern
Arsenal have frequently faltered at the last-16 stage against sides more experienced in winning the competition, and the Gunners contain just one player to have lifted the Champions League.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech was at Chelsea in 2012 as part of Roberto Di Matteo's unlikely success, meaning Arsene Wenger can call upon the same number of European Cup winners as West Ham and Liverpool.
Daniel Sturridge is the sole Champions League medal holder at Anfield, while Arnautovic's move to the London Stadium provides the Hammers with European pedigree after the Austrian won the trophy albeit in a bit-part role at Inter Milan (2009-10) under Mourinho.
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