I'm a bit lost as to how many players we now have and who can be registered?
(I post the rules below)
Obviously if we are at the limit of those who can be registered, then we can't bring anyone new in unless one leaves first - or is a keeper or under 21 (as they don't need to be registered).
We do however are required to register 8 'home grown players'.
So we have 22 places, less 8 'home grown' players leaving us with 14 places for non home grown players over the age of 21 and not a keeper.
Yes?
If so we've already got too many players?
Jones, Iredale, Thomason, Santos, Johnston, Sheehan, Adeboyejo, Charles, Nlundulu, JDC, Toal, Collins, Dempsey, Williams, Forrester, Arfield, McAtee, Schon, Matete, Osei-Tutu, Gomes.
George probably falls into the home grown category but I doubt we have 7 others?
Clearly something is wrong somewhere - maybe it should be 32 players including the 8 home grown players perhaps - it would certainly make more sense number wise?
Anyway if we are bringing in anyone, where do we need to strengthen???
Short of downloading the EFL rule book
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What are the EFL squad rules for 2024/25? Loanee limits, home grown players and how many subs are allowedChampionship clubs can have squads of up to 25 players, of which a minimum of 8 need to be home grown (we'll come to what that means in a moment).
For League One and League Two clubs, it's a maximum of 22 players, of which at least 8 need to be home grown.
On top of that, you're allowed as many under-21 players as you like in League One and League Two squads, whether they're loanees or your own youngsters, because those players don't need to be registered to the squad list to be eligible to play. You don't need to register goalkeepers of any age in Leagues One and Two, either, so they don't count towards the 22-player squad maximum.
What qualifies as home grown, club developed and under-21 in the EFL?
For a player to be considered home grown by the EFL, they don't necessarily need to be British (they can be any nationality) or to have been trained by that specific club.
All that is required to qualify as home grown is to have been registered with any club affiliated to the FA or the FA of Wales for at least three seasons or 36 months prior to their 21st birthday (or the end of the season they turn 21). We can't see anything to say loanees are excluded from counting as home grown players.
Their definition of 'Under 21' this season is very simply defined as 'any player born on or after January 1 2004'.
A club developed player is any player who was at the club for 'at least 12 months prior to the end of his Under 19 season'; basically, anyone who was signed to the club for at least a year as a teenager (even if they were out on loan).
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