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  1. 🎧 Albion Unlimited: De Cuyper on World Cup chancepublished at 11:00 BST 5 June

    De Cuyper quote: "You want to show you're on the highest level of football and that's a possibility you don't get every day so I want to make use of it".

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  2. 'No reason why Brighton can't go and attack Europe'published at 09:03 BST 5 June

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    Former Brighton midfielder Gary Dicker says the club are "well equipped" to "attack" European football next season.

    Speaking to BBC Radio Sussex's Johnny Cantor about the Seagulls qualifying for a second season in Europe, Dicker said: "It's been a good season in general. You are going to get patches in the season in general where you are going to struggle. It's a hard, hard league. They've done well getting into Europe, they were so unlucky in the last game of the season. If they didn't play Manchester United, in form, new manager, everything kind of aligned for them a bit. The first goal was massive that day."

    Dicker, who is now assistant coach for Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC, added: "It's been great to see from afar. I was working at the club during the Europa League stage and saw the buzz it brings about playing different opponents. It's the main thing for the fans to get an away trip. When you've travelled to Gillingham to watch Brighton and then they are in the Europa Conference and you see the English teams who have done well in it over the years, there's no reason why they can't go and attack it and you never know, they could be in a final this time next year.

    "I think the players that they have now are exposed to playing in big games all the time for club or country. They will have learnt off the pitch but on the pitch they are well equipped for it."

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  3. World Cup workload?published at 07:54 BST 5 June

    Chris Collinson
    BBC Sport statistician

    Table shows how many players from each Premier League club go to the World Cup.
Man City 19, Arsenal 16, Man Utd 13, Palace 12, Chelsea, Liverpool, Sunderland all on 11.
Aston Villa 10, Tottenham nine, Brighton and Newcastle 8. Fulham and Wolves 7. Bournemouth and Forest 6. Burnley and West Ham 5. Brentford, Everton, Leeds all on 4.

    With all 48 World Cup squads now confirmed, we look at how they shape up and compare with each other leading into the tournament.

    Which clubs have the most players?

    Looking just at the 20 clubs that made up the 2025-26 Premier League, only this season's top three have more players at the World Cup than Conference League winners Crystal Palace (12).

    Including players out on loan over the season, Sunderland remarkably have as many representatives on the global stage as Chelsea and Liverpool (11), showing just how globe-trotting their recruitment was following promotion last summer.

    The majority of Brentford, Everton and Leeds' squads can put their feet up and recharge their batteries for next season, with those clubs sending just four players each.