Homegrown Player Requirement

[Allezfan]

See here.

Basically next year, each squad must submit a roster of 25 first-team players eligible to participate in league matches.

–Of those 25, at least 8 must have spent at least 3 years between the ages of 16 and 21 training with an English or Welsh club. These qualify as “homegrown” players, regardless of whether they are originally English or Welsh, or whether those 3 years were actually spent at their current club.

–Players who turn 21 after January 1 of the season in question are eligible to play in first-team matches and do not count against the 25 man squad limit.

So we can only play 25 over 21s next year in the league and 8 of those must have been in this country since they were 18. Shouldn't bother us should it?

Jagielka, Hibbert, Osman, Baines, Neville, Vaughan, Anichebe, Gosling. There's 8. Hell, I think Cahill counts too.

And as for the other bit, do we even have 25 players over 21?

Might be a problem for the RS though. What a shame that would be eh?

 

[Number_25]

See here.

Basically next year, each squad must submit a roster of 25 first-team players eligible to participate in league matches.

–Of those 25, at least 8 must have spent at least 3 years between the ages of 16 and 21 training with an English or Welsh club. These qualify as “homegrown” players, regardless of whether they are originally English or Welsh, or whether those 3 years were actually spent at their current club.

–Players who turn 21 after January 1 of the season in question are eligible to play in first-team matches and do not count against the 25 man squad limit.

So we can only play 25 over 21s next year in the league and 8 of those must have been in this country since they were 18. Shouldn't bother us should it?

Jagielka, Hibbert, Osman, Baines, Neville, Vaughan, Anichebe, Gosling. There's 8. Hell, I think Cahill counts too.

And as for the other bit, do we even have 25 players over 21?

Might be a problem for the RS though. What a shame that would be eh?

On Football Manager I didn't have a problem at all with it.

 

[Columbia6]

This gives us a big advantage over Liverpool.

I've Wiki'd their 1st team squad, and it seems they have 7 players who fit the 'homegrown' requirement;

Johnson
Gerrard
Carragher
Kelly (also U21)
Martin
Irwin
Amoo

While that doesn't seem so bad, only the top three are regular starters for them. Kelly is a bit-player for now, high potential but currently shipped out on loan, Martin is their fourth choice goalkeeper, and therefore not worth a place in the 25-man squad, Steve Irwin and David Amoo don't even have wikipedia pages yet, they are so far off the first team.

Kelly will probably get in for them, but this summer they are going to have to find at least four 'homegrown' players, and those will not be going cheap. Either that or they can pad up their squad by including British academy players who are nowhere near ready for this level.

The only way to raise these funds? Cash in on their biggest asset, and it has to be someone who didn't play in England in his youth, perhaps someone who plied his trade in Spain?

 

[Goat]

Nando Torres Citys Number 9.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Liverpool have signed a wad load of young foreign players. Wouldn't surprise me if some of those didn't qualify.

 

[Alio]

I think that Insua is 'technically' a home grown player.......somehow?

 

[njligernj]

When this was first mentioned a while back some site figured out that no Prem team would have any problems. Maybe the RS will now but I wouldn't hold your breath on it making that much difference.

As it says above, a lot of players you wouldn't think about do qualify as "homegrown."

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I suspect to be honest that the PL know no clubs will have a problem with this ruling and it's just a PR thing to make it look like they're looking after the yoof from this country.

 

[KelseyGrammer-Beast-SuitsBlue]

Why grow your own when you have the cash to buy the best from the best growers? ahem.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

I read an article on this the other day, and even teams with loads of "non-british" players still have eight "home grown" players, like chelsea, man city, etc.

Im not sure if this will help the England team, but it might help smaller clubs with a good youth system as good home grown players will be worth more than players from other leagues