Despite playing for Manchester City this season, four players will not receive Premier League winners’ medals.
City won their fourth successive Premier League title, becoming the first English club to do so in top-flight history, with a final-day victory over West Ham at the Etihad Stadium.
Phil Foden’s second-minute strike soothed City fans’ concerns, and the England star added a second before halftime.
Although Mohammed Kudus responded with an incredible bicycle kick, Rodri’s second-half drive finished the match.
Pep Guardiola provides an X-rated response to a question concerning Manchester City.Credit: HaytersTV.
City will therefore collect their Premier League champions’ medals, with the league awarding 40 medals to manager Pep Guardiola, the players, and the coaching/backroom staff.
The regulation is that every player who has made at least five Premier League appearances will receive one.
This season, 21 City players have appeared in the Premier League, giving the club 19 medals to split with the coaches and other members of the playing squad, if they so want.
Clubs can request additional medals from the Premier League, but this will only be awarded if 39 or more players make five or more appearances.
As it stands, four players are set to miss out on medals despite having a (little) role in City’s victory this season – but there is a possible technicality involved.
All four of those players are no longer with the club, with two leaving on permanent contracts.
Chelsea star Cole Palmer, who has 22 league goals and 10 assists for the Blues this season, has only played one game for City this season, a 10-minute cameo off the bench in the opening day 3-0 triumph against Burnley.
That match also marked the final appearance of centre-back Aymeric Laporte, who departed the club to join Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr later that month.
The other two players who did not formally qualify for a medal are West Ham loanee Kalvin Phillips, who played four games, and Sheffield United loanee James McAtee, who played once.
As previously said, City can choose to present medals to those four players – and may still do so – but this may come at the expense of another member of the club’s setup, given their extensive roster of backroom staff members.