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Fifteen players have represented both Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League but that is not a record

Noni Madueke has made the short journey across London to join Arsenal from Chelsea.

The road from Chelsea to Arsenal is a well worn path.



Kepa Arrizabalaga swapped south-west London for north London earlier this summer for £5m, following in the footsteps of Kai Havertz and Jorginho, who made the same move in 2023 for a combined £77m.

A total of 15 players have represented both Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League, with Havertz and Jorginho joining Ashley Cole, Cesc Fàbregas, Petr Cech, Olivier Giroud, David Luiz, Emmanuel Petit, Lassana Diarra, Nicolas Anelka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Raheem Sterling, William Gallas, Willian and Yossi Benayoun.

That is still some way off the benchmark for the number of players to have represented two specific clubs in the Premier League – it’s a record shared by two other London sides.

Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham have shared 24 players over the 33 years of the Premier League.

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Only one of those 24 players made more than 100 Premier League appearances for both Spurs and Fulham: Simon Davies, who joined Spurs from Peterborough United in April 2000.

After playing 121 league games for Spurs, the former Wales winger moved to Everton before finishing his career at Fulham, where he made 137 appearances across six seasons.

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Davies joins Clint Dempsey, Steed Malbranque, Danny Murphy, Paul Konchesky, Bobby Zamora, Sean Davis, Louis Saha, Mousa Dembélé, Dimitar Berbatov, Ryan Sessegnon, Stephen Kelly, Carlos Vinícius, Michael Brown, Scott Parker, Darren Bent, Wayne Routledge, Manor Solomon, Kasey Keller, Paul Stalteri, Lewis Holtby, Josh Onomah, Adel Taarabt and Eidur Gudjohnsen in having played for both clubs.

Aston Villa and Everton are second on the list, with 22 players having represented both clubs in the Premier League, including the division’s leading appearance maker, Gareth Barry, who played 365 games for Villa and 131 for Everton.

When it comes to goals, a record 15 players have scored for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the league: Philippe Coutinho, Emile Heskey, Patrik Berger, Stan Collymore, Peter Crouch, Milan Baros, James Milner, Christian Benteke, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Robbie Keane, Joe Cole, Stewart Downing, Danny Ings, Dean Saunders and Stephen Warnock.

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Just one of those 15 players reached double figures for both clubs: the evergreen James Milner, who scored 12 for Villa and 19 for Liverpool.

Milner has also netted league goals for Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester City – but not his current club Brighton.

Crouch (22 goals for Liverpool and six for Villa) and Keane (five for Liverpool and three for Villa) are part of an elite group of 10 players who have scored for six or more clubs in the Premier League, with Craig Bellamy the only player in the league’s history to have scored for seven: Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool, West Ham, Manchester City and Cardiff City.

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