I believe the 25 man squad list for the PL has to be in by 12 noon on Saturday 1st September.
The rule is, of those 25 players, clubs cannot name more than 17 that are not "Home Grown". "Home Grown" is defined as "irrespective of nationality or age, have been affiliated to the FA or Welsh FA for a period of three seasons or 36 months prior to 21st birthday". Clubs can supplement squad with unlimited number of players under the age of 21.
I believe that means, as the current squad stands right now, we have 9 home grown players.
Defoe, Huddlestone, Jenas, Bentley, Dawson, Lennon, Parker, Naughton & Bale.
And 12 non home grown.
Friedel, Cudicini, Gomes, Assou-Ekotto, Kaboul, Vertongen, Gallas, Van Der Vaart, Adebayor, Sandro, Sigurdsson, Dos Santos.
Main U21 players.
Walker, Caulker, Rose, Kane, Carroll, Smith, Townsend.
That means anyone coming in like Lloris, Dembele, Willian is OK, as long as there is not more than 5 coming in (even that would mean we would need to lose a home grown or a non home grown).
The problem arises is we start losing too many home grown as it reduces the size of the squad. So if Jenas, Bentley, Hudd & Dawson all leave, that would mean we would only have a 22 man squad, plus as many under 21's as we wanted.
Anyone see a problem with losing too many home grown?
The rule is, of those 25 players, clubs cannot name more than 17 that are not "Home Grown". "Home Grown" is defined as "irrespective of nationality or age, have been affiliated to the FA or Welsh FA for a period of three seasons or 36 months prior to 21st birthday". Clubs can supplement squad with unlimited number of players under the age of 21.
I believe that means, as the current squad stands right now, we have 9 home grown players.
Defoe, Huddlestone, Jenas, Bentley, Dawson, Lennon, Parker, Naughton & Bale.
And 12 non home grown.
Friedel, Cudicini, Gomes, Assou-Ekotto, Kaboul, Vertongen, Gallas, Van Der Vaart, Adebayor, Sandro, Sigurdsson, Dos Santos.
Main U21 players.
Walker, Caulker, Rose, Kane, Carroll, Smith, Townsend.
That means anyone coming in like Lloris, Dembele, Willian is OK, as long as there is not more than 5 coming in (even that would mean we would need to lose a home grown or a non home grown).
The problem arises is we start losing too many home grown as it reduces the size of the squad. So if Jenas, Bentley, Hudd & Dawson all leave, that would mean we would only have a 22 man squad, plus as many under 21's as we wanted.
Anyone see a problem with losing too many home grown?