Liverpool is top of the pile when it comes to homegrown talent in the Premier League, according to new research. The north west city is best known for giving the world the Beatles, but it turns out they do pretty good line in footballers too.Sports platform OLBG has worked that from a population of 498,043, Liverpool has produced an impressive 35 top-flight stars.
They include Reds ace Trent Alexander-Arnold, Wolves captain Conor Coady and Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley among others. The figure accounts for 3 percent of the total British representation in the league as a whole - more than any other city in the UK.That's according to the Football Hotbeds study from OLBG, which has delved into the birthplaces of more than 1,000 British-born.
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