The English Premier League returns Wednesday after it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March. In the spirit of the world’s top soccer league returning, Massive Report researched connections between Columbus Crew and the EPL. What did we find? Players with legendary status in both broken limbs and a prison stint.
Not on this list are club connections between former Crew players and current Premier League clubs while they were in lower divisions of the English soccer. Kei Kamara played for Norwich City when the club was part of the English Championship. Gregg Berhalter spent time with current EPL club Crystal Palace while they were fighting to get into the top flight.