Clubs announce 25-man squads

Clubs have started announcing their 25-man squads under the new Premier League rules.

The rules in a nutshell:

By 5pm (BST) of September 1 all teams have to announce a squad list of a maximum 25 players.

- Eight of the 25 players have to be "home-grown", which means they must have been registered
with the FA or Welsh FA of three seasons (or 36 months) before their 21st birthday. The term
"home-grown" does not reference nationality, just how many years spent in England before
turning 21.

- Clubs not not HAVE to name a list of 25 players if they don't have that many contracted
individuals. They will be allowed to take on free agents outside the transfer window to make up
their numbers.

- Clubs do not HAVE to name eight home grown players, but not doing so would mean having to
play with a reduced squad. Chelsea for example have named only four home-grown players in
their ranks (see below), but their squad contains only 19 names.

- In keeping with UEFA guidelines, an Under-21 player is defined as one who is under the age of
21 on January 1 in the year in which the season commences. For the 2010-11 campaign, Under-
21 players will have been born on or after January 1, 1989.

- In addition to the 25 registered players, teams are allowed an unlimited number of players
under the age of 21.

- Players under the age of 21 can be, if needed, used to make up the 25-man squad.

- Clubs are only allowed changes in their squad list during transfer windows, with provisions set
aside of extenuating circumstances.

- These new regulations affect only Premier League matches. They do not apply to UEFA
Champions League, Carling Cup or the FA Cup.

Here are the squads for each team.

Chelsea (19 players, 4 homegrown): Petr Cech, Henrique Hilario, Ross Turnbull, Branislav
Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Jose Bosingwa, Paulo Ferreira, Yuri Zhirkov, John Terry, Alex, Michael
Essien, Ramires, John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard, Yossi Benayoun, Florent Malouda, Salomon
Kalou, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba.
Carlo Ancelotti can also call on Patrick van Aanholt, Jeffrey Bruma, Josh McEachran, Gael
Kakuta, Daniel Sturridge, Fabio Borini.

Owen Hargreaves has been included in the United squad despite his on-going injury nightmare.

Manchester United (24 players, 11 homegrown): Ben Amos, Darren Fletcher, Tomasz
Kuszczak, Darron Gibson, Edwin van der Sar, Ryan Giggs, Wes Brown, Owen Hargreaves, ,
Nani, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung, Jonathan Evans, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes,
Antonio Valencia, Gary Neville, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Javier Hernandez, Nemanja
Vidic, Michael Carrick, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney.

Sir Alex Ferguson can also call on Fabio, Rafael, Ritchie De Laet, Gabriel Obertan, Bebe, Chris
Smalling, Federico Macheda.

Liverpool (21 players, 8 homegrown): Jamie Carragher, Joe Cole, Stephen Darby, Steven
Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Brad Jones, Paul Konchesky, Jay Spearing, Daniel Agger, Fabio Aurelio,
Ryan Babel, Milan Jovanovic, Dirk Kuyt, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Lucas Leiva, Raul Meireles,
Christian Poulsen, Pepe Reina, Maxi Rodriguez, Martin Skrtel, Fernando Torres

Roy Hodgson will also be able to call on the services of Peter Gulacsi, Martin Kelly, Daniel
Wilson, Jonjo Shelvey, Daniel Pacheco, Nathan Eccleston and David Ngog.

Manchester City (25 players, 12 homegrown): Shay Given, Joe Hart, Stuart Taylor, Jerome
Boateng, Wayne Bridge, Aleksander Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott, Shaleum
Logan, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Pablo Zabaleta, Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Adam
Johnson, Michael Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Patrick Vieira, Shaun
Wright-Phillips, Emmanuel Adebayor, Jo, Roque Santa Cruz, Carlos Tevez.

Roberto Mancini can also call on Mario Balotelli, Dedryck Boyata, Greg Cunningham, Abdi
Ibrahim and Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely.

Aston Villa (22 players, 14 homegrown): 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.
Kevin MacDonald can also call Marc Albrighton, Nathan Delfouneso, Barry Bannan, Ciaran
Clark and Fabian Delph.

Fulham (25 players, 10 homegrown): Mark Schwarzer, David Stockdale, John Pantsil, Fredrik
Stoor, Aaron Hughes, Rafik Halliche, Chris Baird, Brede Hangeland, Carlos Salcido, Stephen
Kelly, Zoltan Gera, Clinton Dempsey, Bjorn Helge Riise, Dickson Etuhu, Kagisho Dikgacoi,
Danny Murphy, Jonathan Greening, Simon Davies, Damien Duff, Andrew Johnson, Diomansy
Kamara, Moussa Dembele, Bobby Zamora, David Elm, Eddie Johnson.

Blackburn (21 players, 7 homegrown): Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Chris Samba, Gael
Givet, Ryan Nelsen, Brett Emerton, David Dunn, Nikola Kalinic, El-Hadji Diouf, Vince Grella,
Morten Gamst Pedersen, Mark Bunn, Steven Nzonzi, Keith Andrews, Michel Salgado, Jason
Brown, Frank Fielding, Pascal Chimbonda, Mame Biram Diouf, Jason Roberts, Benjani.

Sam Allardyce can also call upon Aaron Doran, Gavin Gunning, Grant Hanley, Junior Hoilett,
Phil Jones, Amine Linganzi and Josh Morris.

Newcastle United (23 players, 16 homegrown):Sol Campbell, Steven Taylor, Shola Ameobi,
Joey Barton, Danny Guthrie, Peter Lovenkrands, Jose Enrique, Alan Smith, Leon Best, Fabricio
Coloccini, Jonas Gutierrez, Steve Harper, Kevin Nolan, Wayne Routledge, Danny Simpson,
Ryan Taylor, Mike Williamson, Xisco, Fraser Forster, Tim Krul, James Perch, Cheik Tiote,
Hatem Ben Arfa.

Chris Hughton can also call on Andy Carroll, Haris Vuckic, Dan Gosling, and Tamas Kadar.

Stoke City (25 players, 18 homegrown): Asmir Begovic, Danny Collins, Rory Delap, Salif
Diao, Matthew Etherington, Abdoulaye Faye, Ricardo Fuller, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Danny
Higginbotham, Robert Huth, Kenwyne Jones, Carlo Nash, Jermaine Pennant, Danny Pugh, Ryan
Shawcross, Thomas Sorensen, Tuncay Sanli, Ryan Shotton, Tom Soares, Michael Tonge,
Jonathan Walters, Glenn Whelan, Dean Whitehead, Andy Wilkinson, Marc Wilson.

Sunderland (24 players, 11 homegrown): Marcos Angeleri, Phil Bardsley, Darren Bent, Titus
Bramble, Fraizer Campbell, Trevor Carson, Lee Cattermole, Paulo Da Silva, Ahmed
Elmohamady, Anton Ferdinand, Craig Gordon, Asamoah Gyan, David Healy, Steed Malbranque,
George McCartney, John Mensah, Simon Mignolet, Nedum Onuoha, Andy Reid, Kieran
Richardson, Cristian Riveros, Michael Turner, Robbie Weir, Boudewijn Zenden.
Steve Bruce can also call on Jordan Henderson, Nathan Luscombe, Danny Welbeck and Ben
Wilson.

West Brom (25 players, 11 homegrown): Giles Barnes; Roman Bednar; Chris Brunt; Scott
Carson; Marek Cech; Simon Cox; Graham Dorrans; Marc-Antoine Fortune; Pablo Ibanez;
Gonzalo Jara; Dean Kiely; Abdoulaye Meite; Ishmael Miller; James Morrison; Youssouf
Mulumbu; Boaz Myhill; Peter Odemwingie; Jonas Olsson; Steven Reid; Paul Scharner; Nicky
Shorey; Gabriel Tamas; Somen Tchoyi; Jerome Thomas; Gianni Zuiverloon.

Wolves (25 players, 13 homegrown): Marcus Hahnemann; Wayne Hennessey; Carl Ikeme;
Kevin Foley; Ronald Zubar; Richard Stearman; Jody Craddock; Christophe Berra; Steven
Mouyokolo; George Elokobi; Stephen Ward; Jelle van Damme; Karl Henry; David Jones;
Michael Mancienne; Dave Edwards; Greg Halford; Nenad Milijas; Adlene Guedioura; Matt
Jarvis; Stephen Hunt; Kevin Doyle; Steven Fletcher; Sylvan Ebanks-Blake; Marcus Bent.

West Ham (25 players, 10 homegrown): Ruud Boffin, Robert Green, Tal Ben Haim, Manuel
Da Costa, Daniel Gabbidon, Herita Ilunga, Lars Jacobsen, Winston Reid, Jonathan Spector,
Matthew Upson, Luis Boa Morte, Valon Behrami, Jack Collison, Kieron Dyer, Julien Faubert,
Thomas Hitzlsperger, Radoslav Kovac, Mark Noble, Scott Parker, Pablo Barrera, Carlton Cole,
Zavon Hines, Benni McCarthy, Victor Obinna, Frederic Piquionne.

Avram Grant can also call on Marek Stech, Jordan Brown, Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson, Matthew Fry
(on loan at Charlton), Callum McNaughton, Filip Modelski, Jordan Spence, James Tomkins,
Anthony Edgar, Olly Lee, Junior Stanislas, Eoin Wearen, Ahmed Abdulla, Cristian Montano,
Frank Nouble, Freddie Sears.

Arsenal: (TBA)

Arsene Wenger can complain all he wants about the new rules in public, but in private the
Frenchman must be all smiles, as the youth-centric system he had put in place at Arsenal years
ago put his club in good stead for the new season.

Arsenal's first-team squad has 26 players, with 6 foreigners, 13 are home grown, and seven U-
21s.

Stalwarts like Denilson, Gael Clichy, Nicklas Bendtner, Cesc Fabregas and Alex Song all count
as homegrown players, as well as the likes of Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey and Kieran Gibbs,
as these players had been brought into the club for over three years before they turned 21.
In addition, with Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey still under 21, neither would count into the
the club's squad of 25.

Birmingham: (TBA)

With a 27 man first team squad comprising of 11 foreign players and 16 home-grown,
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish will have no worries about the new regulations.

In fact, he has been quite active in the transfer market, picking up astute buys like goalkeeper
Ben Foster from Manchester United for his defence, and Nicola Zigic to bolster his forward line.
On the final day of the window, he signed Aleksander Hleb, Martin Jiranek and Jean Beausejour.

Blackpool: (TBA)

With a small squad of 25 that comprises of 11 foreigners and 14 home-grown players, manager
Ian Holloway will have no problems whatsoever with the new regulations.

Bolton: (TBA)

Trotters boss Owen Coyle should have no trouble with the new regulations.

His 12 home-grown players in his 31-man squad are all certain first-teamers when fit, with the
likes of Gary Cahill, Kevin Davis and Fabrice Muamba forming the spine of his side.

He will have to decide what to do with any under-performing foreigners on his list though, given
he is only allowed a full squad of 25.

Everton: (TBA)

Toffee boss David Moyes has stated that he is happy with the squad at his disposal, and with 11
home-grown players and 19 foreign, it looks like Everton should have just the right mix to fit for
the new regulations.

However, Moyes must certainly be hopping mad that midfielder Dan Gosling was allowed to
move to Newcastle on a free transfer as a result of an administrative error- the 20-year-old would
not have counted in his squad of 25 and would have been an asset for this campaign.
Tottenham (TBA)

Half of the 30-man first team squad at Tottenham is English, so the home-grown category will
not be much of an issue for manager Harry Redknapp.

However, he does have a headache on his hands when it comes to Jonathan Woodgate. The 25-
player limitation means that he has to decide if he wants to include the talented but injury-prone
defender, who is still currently in America recovering from knee injuries, or to either sell or
simply leave him out from his squad.

Redknapp will also enjoy the services of the exciting Danny Rose, who will not fall into the 25-
member squad list, as he is still 20.

Wigan Athletic (TBA)

In an effort to keep the wage bill down, club chairman Dave Whelan and manager Roberto
Martinez have kept a very spartan first team for a club at this level, with only 21 first team
players.

However, Martinez faces a challenge with only four players falling under the home-grown
category, and will probably look to his reserves and youth squad to fill in the remaining four
slots to meet the category.

Whether or not these players get any serious time of the pitch, on the other hand, is another
question.