How every Premier League club could look if they had to field an all-English team

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It’s been 20 years since the last all-English XI was played in the Premier League.

Back in 1999, Aston Villa manager John Gregory named a team full of homegrown stars and even made three English substitutes.

The line-up consisted of Michael Oakes, Steve Watson, Gareth Southgate, Dion Dublin, Simon Grayson, Riccardo Scimeca, Alan Wright, Lee Hendrie, Paul Merson, Ian Taylor and Julian Joachim.

Meanwhile, Mark Draper, Gareth Barry and Stan Collymore all entered the fray too, although they couldn’t stop the Villans being beaten 4-1 at Villa Park.

It’s unlikely we’ll see this happen any time soon… but you never know with Brexit on the horizon.

But how could every Premier League team look if they attempted to name an all-English XI?

Here at talkSPORT.com we’ve given it our best shot but we’ve had to do so using recalled loan players, with every player selected for their parent club rather than the team they are temporarily representing; Calum Chambers, as an example, is in this feature playing for Arsenal and not Fulham.

So, what do the 20 teams look like? Find out below.

Arsenal

Bournemouth

Brighton and Hove Albion

Burnley

Cardiff City

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Everton

Fulham

Huddersfield Town

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle United

Southampton

Tottenham Hotspur

Watford

West Ham United

Wolverhampton Wanderers