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The Premier League will introduce a new quota system from next season which will order clubs to have a 25-man squad limit and no more than 17 players can be over the age of 21 and not home-grown.

It's going to be tough getting our squad down to 25 players for next season!

Goalkeepers
• Shay Given (IRL)............................Home-grown...................Over 21
[highlight]• [strike]Marton Fulop (HUN)[/strike]....Won't be here[/highlight]
• Joe Hart * (ENG)............................Homegrown..............Over 21
[highlight]• Gunnar Nielsen (FAR)......................Foreign...................Over 21[/highlight]
• Stuart Taylor (ENG)........................Home-grown..............Over 21

Defenders
• Dedryck Boyata (BEL)......................Home-grown.............Under 21
• Greg Cunningham (IRE)...................Home-grown..............Under 21
• Javan Vidal (ENG) ..........................Home-grown..............Under 21
• Joleon Lescott (ENG) ......................Home-grown..............Over 21
[highlight]• Sylvinho (BRA) .............................Foreign...................Over 21[/highlight]
• Wayne Bridge (ENG)........................Home-grown..............Over 21
[highlight]• Javier Garrido (ESP)........................Foreign...................Over 21[/highlight]
• Shaleum Logan * (ENG)......................Home-grown..............Over 21
• Nedum Onuoha (ENG)......................Home-grown..............Over 21
• Micah Richards (ENG)......................Home-grown..............Over 21
[highlight]• Kolo Toure (CIV).............................Foreign...................Over 21
• Pablo Zabaleta (ARG).........................Foreign...................Over 21[/highlight]

Midfielders
• Abdisalam Ibrahim (NOR)..........................Home-grown..............Under 21
• Adam Johnson (ENG) ..........................Home-grown..............Over 21
• Gareth Barry (ENG) .............................Home-grown..............Over 21
[strike]• Patrick Vieira (FRA)[/strike].................won't be here (hopefully)
[highlight]• Nigel de Jong (NED).............................Foreign...................Over 21[/highlight]
[strike]• Kelvin Etuhu * (NGR)[/strike] ................won't be here
• Stephen Ireland (IRL) ..........................Home-grown..............Over 21
• Michael Johnson (ENG) ..........................Home-grown..............Over 21
[highlight]• Vincent Kompany (BEL) .............................Foreign...................Over 21[/highlight]
[highlight][strike]• Martin Petrov (BUL)[/strike]...................won't be here[/highlight]
• Vladimir Weiss* (SVK) ...........................Home-grown..............Is 21
• Shaun Wright-Phillips (ENG) ..........................Home-grown..............Over 21

Strikers
[highlight]• Emmanuel Adebayor (TGO) .............................Foreign...................Over 21[/highlight]
• Craig Bellamy (WAL) .............................Home-grown...................Over 21
[highlight][strike]• Valeri Bojinov * (BUL)
• Felipe Caicedo * (ECU)
• Jô * (BRA)
• Benjani Mwaruwari* (ZIM)[/strike][/highlight]
• Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely (ENG) .............................Home-grown..............Under 21
[highlight][strike]• Robinho * (BRA)[/strike]
• Roque Santa Cruz (PRY) .............................Foreign...................Over 21
• Carlos Tevez (ARG) .............................Foreign...................Over 21[/highlight]

I could be wrong as I've done this quickly so please correct any errors if you see any.

What's your 25 man squad next year?

Can't believe it I just started a thread on the same thing while you were posting this!

Ted Hughes wrote:Can't believe it I just started a thread on the same thing while you were posting this!

Great minds and all that!

Im pretty sure Given qualifies as homegrown by playing in England while 18-21

Imo it not only means that players such as Sylvinho, Vieira, Garrido, RSC etc seriously under threat but also homegrown players like Ned, Micah, Michael Johnson, even Weiss as we don't actually need all of them to fulfil the 'quota'.

If the squad is limited to 25 then it needs to be the best 25 we can get to fit in under the rules. Would that include our English fringe players?

As Slim pointed out in the other thread, it also means that the transfer value of Ned, Micah & Co increases (in theory but whether it works out in reality we'll have to see).

Dameerto wrote:Im pretty sure Given qualifies as homegrown by playing in England while 18-21

Yep, you are right. I've changed it.

no more than 17 players can be over the age of 21 and not home-grown.

I think you can be over 21 but home-grown (ie SWP), or under 21 but foreign, and still count in the main 17.

Is this 100% defo? Seems a mental rule to me. Will destroy English clubs' European campaigns.

Dameerto wrote:Im pretty sure Given qualifies as homegrown by playing in England while 18-21

Given is def homegrown.

This whole "quota" system is alot of bollocks tbh.

How the fook are some teams gonna do it, i mean arsenal spring to mind straight away.

Dameerto wrote:Im pretty sure Given qualifies as homegrown by playing in England while 18-21

Did he? I know was at Celtic at one point.

If it's a premier league quota system does it count for cups and Europe?

Blue Blood wrote:

Dameerto wrote:Im pretty sure Given qualifies as homegrown by playing in England while 18-21

Given is def homegrown.

This whole "quota" system is alot of bollocks tbh.

How the fook are some teams gonna do it, i mean arsenal spring to mind straight away.

Almost all of Arsenal's players have been at the club from a young age so 90% of them count as 'home grown' even though they're not English/Welsh & wouldn't qualify to play for those national teams. Weiss, Mak, Boyata etc would be the same at City.

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:If it's a premier league quota system does it count for cups and Europe?

Ahh a good point that!

Could just be the 25man match day squad this counts too, in which case incomings and outgoings won't be hugely affected!

Bellamy's homegrown too.

Here's my squad based upon current playing staff

Shay Given (IRL)
Joe Hart (ENG)
Stuart Taylor (ENG)

Joleon Lescott (ENG)
Wayne Bridge (ENG)
[highlight]Javier Garrido (ESP)[/highlight]
Nedum Onuoha (ENG)
Dedryck Boyata (BEL)
Micah Richards (ENG)
[highlight]Kolo Toure (CIV)
Pablo Zabaleta (ARG)[/highlight]
Vincent Kompany (BEL)

Adam Johnson (ENG)
Gareth Barry (ENG)
Michael Johnson (ENG)
[highlight]Nigel de Jong (NED)[/highlight]
Stephen Ireland (IRL)
Shaun Wright-Phillips (ENG)
Vladimir Weiss (SVK)

[highlight]Emmanuel Adebayor (TGO)[/highlight]
Craig Bellamy (WAL)
[highlight]Roque Santa Cruz (PRY)
Carlos Tevez (ARG)[/highlight]

Leaving 2 spaces for new players. Highlighted players are over 21 and not homegrown

Blue Blood wrote:

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:If it's a premier league quota system does it count for cups and Europe?

Ahh a good point that!

Could just be the 25man match day squad this counts too, in which case incomings and outgoings won't be hugely affected!

I think the uefa quota may be different again! Don't know about the cups.

It's not just a matchday squad, it can only be changed during transfer windows.

MaineRoadMemories wrote:Here's my squad based upon current playing staff

Shay Given (IRL)
Joe Hart (ENG)
Stuart Taylor (ENG)

Joleon Lescott (ENG)
Wayne Bridge (ENG)
[highlight]Javier Garrido (ESP)[/highlight]
Nedum Onuoha (ENG)
Dedryck Boyata (BEL)
Micah Richards (ENG)
[highlight]Kolo Toure (CIV)
Pablo Zabaleta (ARG)[/highlight]
Vincent Kompany (BEL)

Adam Johnson (ENG)
Gareth Barry (ENG)
Michael Johnson (ENG)
[highlight]Nigel de Jong (NED)[/highlight]
Stephen Ireland (IRL)
Shaun Wright-Phillips (ENG)
Vladimir Weiss (SVK)

[highlight]Emmanuel Adebayor (TGO)[/highlight]
Craig Bellamy (WAL)
[highlight]Roque Santa Cruz (PRY)
Carlos Tevez (ARG)[/highlight]

Leaving 2 spaces for new players. Highlighted players are over 21 and not homegrown

It's clear some players will have to go, homegrown or not.

Ted Hughes wrote:
It's clear some players will have to go, homegrown or not.

Especially when Mancini has been talking about signing players (plural) - we could see a few going out the door to be honest.

Ted Hughes wrote:

Dameerto wrote:Im pretty sure Given qualifies as homegrown by playing in England while 18-21

Did he? I know was at Celtic at one point.

I checked it out and he moved to Blackburn from Celtic when he was 18. I thought he was older when he moved to at first.

Dameerto wrote:

Ted Hughes wrote:
It's clear some players will have to go, homegrown or not.

Especially when Mancini has been talking about signing players (plural) - we could see a few going out the door to be honest.

True, having 16 players who qualify as home-grown in my selected squad is pretty good going. The likes of Richards, Ireland, SWP and Nedum will be in demand from other premier league teams this window.

I wonder how this will also impact on forced sales and restrictions on new signings

Also wouldnt this contravene european employment laws?