The World Cup is over, and all that’s left are memories and the aftermath.Part of that aftermath is to consider which Premier League clubs will be happy with how the World Cup went. Plenty of players based in England’s top division had a significant impact on the tournament, from difference-makers for nations who got to its business end, to those who powered some of the underdogs.But there are lots of other things to consider, and that is also true when deciding what actually constitutes ‘good’ in this context.Is a ‘good’ World Cup for a club one in which their players excelled, so can potentially take their summer form into the new domestic season? Or is a ‘good’ World Cup actually one in which none of your lads featured, or their country got knocked out early, and are therefore going to be fresh heading into the 10 gruelling months ahead?Take Rodri, for example: he was captain of eventual winners Spain and was voted the player of the tournament, but he now requires back surgery and his World Cup success could make him even more of a target for suitors Real Madrid. So is that good for his current club Manchester City… or not?Here, The Athletic’s writers look at each of the 20 Premier League teams to assess how the tournament went for them.ArsenalLeandro Trossard included, as his move to Besiktas was confirmed after Belgium were eliminated from the tournament, 15 Arsenal players were part of the World Cup. Overall, there will be mixed feelings about how they fared in North America.Pride will come from the fact the Spanish trio of Mikel Merino, Martin Zubimendi and David Raya will return to north London as world champions. Also, all 15 reached the knockout stages, and of all clubs represented at the tournament, Arsenal players scored the third-most goals (13).Anxiety and frustration would have built over the usage (or lack thereof) of fatigued players including William Saliba, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka. Saliba going off with a back injury as France lost to Spain in the semi-finals and Saka not getting on the pitch in England’s defeat by Argentina at that same stage, before scoring a hat-trick in the third-place play-off three days later, are particular lowlights.Even so, Merino provided big moments for Spain, Gabriel Martinelli did the same for Brazil and Martin Odegaard broke new ground with Norway. There was, without question, light among the darkness.Art de RocheAston VillaIt was a fine World Cup from a Villa point of view, even if it does leave a bitter taste.Emiliano Martinez gave his best Argentina performance, albeit in a losing cause, in the final.Morgan Rogers did not play as much as he would have liked as England came third. Lucas Digne forced his way into the France XI but came unstuck against Lamine Yamal in the semi-finals and Youri Tielemans led Belgium well as captain before succumbing to injury and missing their last-eight defeat by Spain. All three, however, are now out the Villa Park exit door, or close to it.New signing Johan Manzambi sparkled for Switzerland before missing their final two knockout-phase matches with a knee issue, though.How Chelsea won the race for Morgan RogersDavid OrnsteinJohn McGinn scored but then struggled, like all of Scotland’s players, as they were knocked out in the group stage. Victor Lindelof played in defence and midfield for Sweden, yet they lasted only 90 minutes longer than the Scots. Most gallingly, Belgium’s Amadou Onana sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury, which forced Villa to pivot on their midfield transfer plans.Jacob TanswellBournemouthBournemouth sent six players to the World Cup — a success in itself.Of those, Marcos Senesi, who joined Tottenham Hotspur during the tournament, started and completed the 90 minutes for Argentina against Jordan in the group phase and played 18 minutes of extra time against Spain in the final.Tyler Adams was solid for the United States until their 4-1 round-of-16 loss to Belgium, while Ryan Christie and Ben Gannon-Doak appeared in all of Scotland’s games, with a combined three starts, before a group-stage exit. Justin Kluivert came off the bench against Tunisia and Morocco, missing his penalty in the latter’s shootout as the Netherlands exited in the round of 32.Bournemouth’s biggest success story of the tournament was Rayan, who conjured up more flashes of the brilliance he had shown after joining the club in January. After sitting out Brazil’s opening 1-1 draw with Morocco, the 19-year-old injected life into their attack thereafter as he played in the remaining four games, starting three. He contributed an assist against Scotland, but was a non-factor in the last-16 defeat by Norway.Anantaajith RaghuramanBrighton and Hove AlbionThe only Brighton player to make it deep into the tournament was Maxim De Cuyper with Belgium, although training goalkeeper Jason Steele did end up as a bronze medalist with England despite not officially being a member of the 26-man squad.De Cuyper made five starts in Belgium’s six-game run to the quarter-finals before losing to eventual champions Spain.Brighton sold one World Cup central defender during the competition and gained two others, Dutchman Jan Paul van Hecke and Luka Vuskovic of Croatia trading places in moves to and from Tottenham Hotspur, while Austria’s Michael Svoboda has arrived from Venezia of Italy.Apart from De Cuyper, all eight of the club’s representatives at the start of the tournament (which became nine as it progressed) were knocked out in the groups, the round of 32 or, in the case of Paraguay’s Diego Gomez, the last 16.That, together with Kaoru Mitoma being left out of the Japan squad because of a late-season hamstring injury, could be a blessing for Fabian Hurzeler.Brighton’s head coach does not need a group of exhausted World Cup players on his hands when trying to cope with extra fixtures in the UEFA Conference League, especially in the early part of the season.Andy NaylorBrentfordDefender Kristoffer Ajer had the most successful World Cup of Brentford’s four-man contingent, playing a vital role in Norway making the quarter-finals. Among players with 300 or more minutes of game-time at the tournament, Ajer ranked second for headed clearances (24) and committed only two fouls.By contrast, his team-mates Igor Thiago and Aaron Hickey had forgettable tournaments.Striker Thiago attempted just six passes and two shots in 62 minutes of Brazil’s drawn opener against Morocco before being relegated to the bench for the rest of the competition. Similarly, full-back Hickey played 75 minutes of the opening 1-0 win over Haiti, then did not get on the pitch in Scotland’s remaining two matches.Jordan Henderson’s World Cup was far from forgettable.On the pitch, he appeared for just six minutes in England’s dead-rubber against Panama at the end of the group stage. He then made headlines following their round-of-16 win over Mexico at the Estadio Azteca, slipping and falling as he vaulted the pitchside advertising hoardings while celebrating, resulting in a wrist injury that required surgery and ruled him out for the rest of the competition. He also got booked while not on the pitch in that game.Henderson remained with the team, however, until the end, and will return to Brentford with his bronze medal.Anantaajith RaghuramanChelseaChelsea will feel their £120million ($160m) valuation of Enzo Fernandez is justified anyway, but it helps their cause that he played an increasingly prominent role for Argentina as the defending champions made it back to the final.Enzo Fernandez has played in the past two World Cup finals (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)Granted, his lack of discipline to get sent off in that game was not the greatest advertisement. But scoring key goals in knockout-stage victories over Egypt and England, against whom he dictated play, is only going to stiffen Chelsea’s resolve over the asking price should anyone make a bid.There is also going to be some measure of relief that, after suffering another hamstring problem early in the tournament, club captain Reece James returned to play in England’s last three games.