25 man squads

[Ferris]

Wolves leave Michael Kightly out of their squad.

Everton have only named only 21 players in their squad, with no Yobo.

Villa have named just 22 players in their squad.

Luke Moore not in WBA squad.

For anyone that cares, the options for players not in the squad are:

Go on loan to a c'ship side

Go on loan to another prem side in 'special circumstances'

Play in Carling Cup and Europe

[Tad Showbiz]

Wolves leave Michael Kightly out of their squad.

Everton have only named only 21 players in their squad, with no Yobo.

Villa have named just 22 players in their squad.

i'm assuming Spurs have named a 24 man squad with one tbc?

[papereyes]

Isn't Yobo out on loan somewhere?

[Ferris]

Haven't named their squad yet - got until 5pm.

[Ferris]

Isn't Yobo out on loan somewhere?

Looks like he was supposed to join Fenerbahce on loan. Not sure if that's gone through yet.

[soggy biscuit]

Wolves leave Michael Kightly out of their squad.

Everton have only named only 21 players in their squad, with no Yobo.

Villa have named just 22 players in their squad.

From what was just said on R5 teams are leaving squads with less than 25 as they can then add loan players to top them up to 25 at any point in the season.

Loan season could be fun

[Tad Showbiz]

Wolves leave Michael Kightly out of their squad.

Everton have only named only 21 players in their squad, with no Yobo.

Villa have named just 22 players in their squad.

Luke Moore not in WBA squad.

For anyone that cares, the options for players not in the squad are:

Go on loan to a c'ship side

Go on loan to another prem side in 'special circumstances'

Play in Carling Cup and Europe

You missied the option of Join Cardiff.

[Y21_Royal]

Wolves leave Michael Kightly out of their squad.

Everton have only named only 21 players in their squad, with no Yobo.

Villa have named just 22 players in their squad.

From what was just said on R5 teams are leaving squads with less than 25 as they can then add loan players to top them up to 25 at any point in the season.

Loan season could be fun

I thought there was a deadline on when the squad had to be submitted? Does that not mean they can change it around afterwards?

[papereyes]

My hunch with Villa is that they have several players you'd expect to be in the squad lists who are automatically included on the grounds of age or eligibility - Agbonlahor for a start, but also those who were at an English club beforehand - so the ReoCokers and Sidwells.

I think this may also be the case for Everton.

[Platypuss]

Did the piece explain how they would be able to add new players via the loan system - unless they're returning from loan?

[papereyes]

Having a look, it seems I've got the rule confused somewhere

[Y21_Royal]

My hunch with Villa is that they have several players you'd expect to be in the squad lists who are automatically included on the grounds of age or eligibility - Agbonlahor for a start, but also those who were at an English club beforehand - so the ReoCokers and Sidwells.

I think this may also be the case for Everton.

And left out players like Albrightson and Clark that don't have to be registered because they're under 21? It would seem a sensible tactic to me.

NB I haven't seen Villa's squad so please ignore if these two are in the squad!

[sheshnu]

From what was just said on R5 teams are leaving squads with less than 25 as they can then add loan players to top them up to 25 at any point in the season.

Loan season could be fun

Can Premier League teams register players outside the transfer window now? Is that what R5 are suggesting?

[papereyes]

SQUAD: Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, James Collins, Carlos Cuellar, Curtis Davies, Habib Beye, Richard Dunne, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Warnock, Luke Young, Stewart Downing, Jonathan Hogg, Stephen Ireland, Isaiah Osbourne, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou, Steve Sidwell, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew, Emile Heskey.

But, on top of the listed players, Villa will also be able to utilise players under the age of 21, such as Marc Albrighton, Nathan Delfouneso, Barry Bannan, Ciaran Clark and Fabian Delph - all of whom have featured regularly in the first team squad.


There may be a limit of 'at least' X homegrown players. I'm 99 % sure I read things along those lines.

[sheshnu]

There may be a limit of 'at least' X homegrown players. I'm 99 % sure I read things along those lines.

Yeah, so if they were short of home-growns they could just chuck in one of their younger players to fulfil the quota.

[Ferris]

Isn't Yobo out on loan somewhere?

Looks like he was supposed to join Fenerbahce on loan. Not sure if that's gone through yet.

Confirmed now

[sheshnu]

From what was just said on R5 teams are leaving squads with less than 25 as they can then add loan players to top them up to 25 at any point in the season.

Loan season could be fun

Sky reporting that Prem clubs can only bring in loan players in exceptional circumstances - whatever they are. But yeah that's Sky so not necessarily true.

[Y21_Royal]

From what was just said on R5 teams are leaving squads with less than 25 as they can then add loan players to top them up to 25 at any point in the season.

Loan season could be fun

Sky reporting that Prem clubs can only bring in loan players in exceptional circumstances - whatever they are. But yeah that's Sky so not necessarily true.

Presumably that's like Fulop's move to City at the end of last season

[Ferris]

Hargreaves included in Utd's squad

[soggy biscuit]

Jonathon Woodgate left out of Spurs squad
Luke Moore left out of West Brom's squad
Michael Kightly left out of Wolves squad