Premier League Clubs Announced 25-man Squads

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Clubs must now name their line-up of players who are OVER 21 and at least eight of them have to be homegrown.

A homegrown player is one who has been registered with an English or Welsh club for three years before they are 21.

That means the likes of Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas and Nicklas Bendtner are classed as homegrown.

Managers can use as many under 21 players as they want, regardless of nationality.

You can see who the bosses have picked below.

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ARSENAL (20)

Manuel Almunia, Lukasz Fabianski, Vito Mannone (Homegrown), Bacary Sagna, Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny, Gael Clichy (H), Johan Djourou (H), Emmanuel Eboue, Sebastien Squillaci, Abou Diaby, Alex Song (H), Denilson (H), Tomas Rosicky, Cesc Fabregas (H), Samir Nasri, Andrey Arshavin, Robin van Persie, Marouane Chamakh, Nicklas Bendtner (H).

Squad cost: £76.75m

(Arsenal can also use young players including: Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs, Carlos Vela, Emmanuel Frimpong, Aaron Ramsey.)

ASTON VILLA (22)

Keepers: Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan.

Defenders: James Collins, Carlos Cuellar, Curtis Davies, Habib Beye, Richard Dunne, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Warnock, Luke Young.

Midfielders: Stewart Downing, Jonathan Hogg, Stephen Ireland, Isaiah Osbourne, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou, Steve Sidwell, Ashley Young.

Strikers: Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew, Emile Heskey.

Squad cost: £95.55m

(Villa can also use: Marc Albrighton, Nathan Delfouneso, Barry Bannan, Ciaran Clark and Fabian Delph).

BIRMINGHAM (25)

Maik Taylor, Colin Doyle (H), Ben Foster (H), Stephen Carr (H), David Murphy (H), Roger Johnson (H), Liam Ridgewell (H), Scott Dann (H), Martin Jiranek, Stuart Parnaby (H), Lee Bowyer (H), Sebastian Larsson (H), Craig Gardner (H), Barry Ferguson, Keith Fahey (H), Alex Hleb, Jean Beausejour, Michel, James McFadden, Kevin Phillips (H), Cameron Jerome (H), Garry O'Connor, Matt Derbyshire, Nikola Zigic, Jay O'Shea.

Squad cost: £48.35m

BLACKBURN (21)

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

Squad cost: £32.9m

(Rovers can also use: Aaron Doran, Gavin Gunning, Grant Hanley, Junior Hoilett, Phil Jones, Amine Linganzi and Josh Morris).

BLACKPOOL (24)

Matthew Gilks (H), Richard Kingson, Alex Baptiste (H), Stephen Crainey, Neil Eardley (H), Ian Evatt (H), Dekel Keinan, Charlie Adam, Ludovic Silvestre, Keith Southern (H), Chris Basham (H), Malaury Martin, Daniel Coid (H), David Carney (H), Ishmel Demontagnac (H), Rob Edwards (H), Jason Euell (H), Elliott Grandin, Marlon Harewood, Brett Ormerod (H), Luke Varney (H), Gary Taylor-Fletcher, DJ Campbell (H), David Vaughan (H).

Squad cost: £2.4m

(Blackpool can also use young players including: Craig Cathcart, Mark Halstead.)

BOLTON (24)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Ali Al Habsi, Adam Bogdan, Gary Cahill (H), Tamir Cohen, Joey O'Brien (H), Andy O'Brien (H), Ricardo Gardner, Zat Knight (H), Jlloyd Samuel (H), Gretar Steinsson, Chung-Yong Lee, Mark Davies (H), Sean Davis (H), Stuart Holden, Fabrice Muamba (H), Robbie Blake (H), Paul Robinson (H) Sam Ricketts (H), Martin Petrov, Matt Taylor (H), Johan Elmander, Kevin Davies (H), Ivan Klasnic.

Squad cost: £42.95m

(Bolton can also use young players including: Marcos Alonso, Rodrigo, Danny Ward, Tom Eaves, Tope Obadeyi, Robert Lainton.)

CHELSEA (19)

Keepers: Petr Cech, Henrique Hilario, Ross Turnbull.

Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Jose Bowingwa, John Terry, Alex, Paulo Ferreria, Yury Zirkov.

Midfielders: John Obi Mikel, Michael Essien, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Yossi Benayoun, Florent Malouda.

Strikers: Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou.

Squad cost: £224.1m

(Chelsea can also use: Patrick van Aanholt, Jeffrey Bruma, Josh McEachran, Gael Kakuta, Daniel Sturridge, Fabio Borini.)

NB: Chelsea have only 19 senior players over 21 and can make up their homegrown quota through youth players

EVERTON (21)

Keepers: Tim Howard, Jan Mucka, Ian Turner.

Defenders: Sylvain Distin, Tony Hibbert, Seamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka, John Heitinga, Leighton Baines.

Midfielders: Marouane Fellaini, Leon Osman, Mikel Arteta, Steven Pienaar, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Phil Neviile, Tim Cahill.

Strikers: Louis Saha, James Vaughan, Victor Anichebe, Yakubu, Jermaine Beckford.

Squad cost: £68.3m

(Everton can also use young players including: Jack Rodwell, Jose Baxter, Shane Duffy, James Wallace, Shkodran Mustafi, Magaye Gueye, Joao Silva.)

FULHAM (25)

Keepers: Mark Schwarzer, David Stockdale.

Defenders: John Pantsil, Fredrik Stoor, Aaron Hughes, Rafik Halliche, Chris Baird, Brede Hangeland, Carlos Salcido, Stephen Kelly.

Midfielders: Zoltan Gera, Clint Dempsey, Bjorn Helge Riise, Dixon Etuhu, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Danny Murphy, Jonathan Greening, Simon Davies, Damien Duff.

Strikers: Andrew Johnson, Diomansy Kamara, Moussa Dembele, Bobby Zamora, David Elm, Eddie Johnson.

Squad cost: £62.55m

(Fulham can also use young players including: Matthew Briggs, Alex Smith, Alexander Kacaniklic, Matthew Saunders, Lauri Dalla Valle, Keanu Marsh-Brown.)

LIVERPOOL (21)

Keepers: Pepe Reina, Brad Jones.

Defenders: Stephen Darby, Jamie Carragher, Glen Johnson, Paul Konchesky, Daniel Agger, Fabio Aurelio, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Martin Skrtel.

Midfielders: Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Jay Spearing, Ryan Babel, Milan Jovanovic, Dirk Kuyt, Lucas, Raul Meireles, Christian Poulsen, Maxi Rodriguez.

Strikers: Fernando Torres.

Squad cost: £113.1m

(Liverpool can also include: Peter Gulacsi, Martin Kelly, Daniel Wilson, Jonjo Shelvey, Daniel Pacheco, Nathan Eccleston and David Ngog)

MANCHESTER CITY (25)

Keepers: Shay Given, Joe Hart and Stuart Taylor.

Defenders: Jerome Boateng, Wayne Bridge, Aleksander Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott, Shaleum Logan, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure and Pablo Zabaleta.

Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Adam Johnson, Michael Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Patrick Vieira and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Forwards: Emmanuel Adebayor, Jo, Roque Santa Cruz and Carlos Tevez.

Squad cost: £308m

(City can also include: Mario Balotelli, Dedryck Boyata, Greg Cunningham, Abdi Ibrahim and Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely.)

MANCHESTER UNITED (23)

Keepers: Edwin van der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak.

Defenders: Gary Neville, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Nemanja Vidic, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans.

Midfielders: Owen Hargreaves, Anderson, Ji-Sung Park, Michael Carrick, Nani, Darren Fletcher, Antonio Valencia, Darron Gibson, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs.

Strikers: Michael Owen, Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez.

Squad cost: £200m

(United can also use young players including: Ben Amos, Fabio, Rafael, Ritchie De Laet, Gabriel Obertan, Bebe, Chris Smalling, Federico Macheda.)

NEWCASTLE (23)

Keepers: Steve Harper, Fraser Forster, Tim Krul.

Defenders: Sol Campbell, Steven Taylor, Jose Enrique, Fabricio Coloccini, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, James Perch.

Midfielders: Joey Barton, Alan Smith, Danny Guthrie, Jonas Gutierrez, Kevin Nolan, Wayne Routledge, Ryan Taylor, Cheik Tiote, Hatem Ben Arfa.

Strikers: Shola Ameobi, Peter Lovenkrands, Leon Best, Xisco.

Squad cost: £57.3m

(Newcastle can also use young players including: Andy Carroll, Ryan Donaldson, Dan Gosling, James Tavernier, Tamas Kadar, Shane Ferguson, Haris Vuckic.)

STOKE (25)

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

Squad cost: £47.9m

SUNDERLAND (24)

Keepers: Craig Gordon, Simon Mignolet and Trevor Carson

Defenders: Marcos Angeleri, Phil Bardsley, Titus Bramble, Anton Ferdinand, George McCartney, John Mensah, Paulo Da Silva and Michael Turner

Midfielders: Lee Cattermole, Nedum Onuoha, Andy Reid, Steed Malbranque, Kieran Richardson, Boudewijn Zenden, Cristian Riveros, Ahmed Elmohamady and Robbie Weir.

Strikers: Darren Bent, Fraizer Campbell, Asamoah Gyan and David Healy

Squad cost: £86.7m

(Sunderland can also include: Jordan Henderson, Nathan Luscombe, Danny Welbeck and Ben Wilson).

TOTTENHAM (25)

Heurelho Gomes, Stipe Pletikosa, Carlo Cudicini, William Gallas, Kyle Naughton (H), Ledley King (H), Michael Dawson (H), Sebastien Bassong, Younes Kaboul, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Vedran Corluka, Alan Hutton, David Bentley (H), Tom Huddlestone (H), Jermaine Jenas (H), Luka Modric, Niko Kranjcar, Wilson Palacios, Rafael van der Vaart, Jamie O'Hara (H), Aaron Lennon (H), Peter Crouch (H), Jermain Defoe (H), Roman Pavlyuchenko, Robbie Keane (H).

Squad cost: £175m

(Spurs can also use young players including: Gareth Bale, Giovanni Dos Santos, Sandro, Kyle Walker, John Bostock, Dean Parrett, Danny Rose.)

WEST BROM (25)

Keepers: Scott Carson, Dean Kiely, Boaz Myhill.

Defenders: Marek Cech, Pablo Ibanez, Gonzalo Jara, Abdoulaye Meite, Jonas Olsson, Nicky Shorey, Gabriel Tamas, Gianni Zuiverloon.

Midfielders: Giles Barnes, Chris Brunt, Graham Dorrans, James Morrison, Youssouf Mulumbu, Steven Reid, Paul Scharner, Somen Tchoyi, Jerome Thomas.

Strikers: Roman Bednar, Simon Cox, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Ishmael Miller, Peter Odemwingie.

Squad cost: £32.7m

WEST HAM (25)

Keepers: Rob Green, Ruud Boffin.

Defenders: Tal Ben Haim, Manuel Da Costa, Danny Gabbidon, Herita Ilunga, Lars Jacobsen, Winston Reid, Jonathan Spector, Matthew Upson.

Midfielders: Luis Boa Morta, Valon Behrami, Jack Collison, Kieron Dyer, Julien Faubert, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Radoslav Kovac, Mark Noble, Scott Parker.

Forwards: Pablo Berrara, Carlton Cole, Zavon Hines, Fred Piquionne, VIctor Obinna, Benni McCarthy.

Squad cost: £54.85m

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

WIGAN (19)

Chris Kirkland (H), Mike Pollitt (H), Ali Al Habsi, Emmerson Boyce (H), Charles N'Zogbia (H), Gary Caldwell (H), Ben Watson (H), Hendry Thomas, Stephen Caldwell (H), Ronnie Stam, Jordi Gomez, Mohamed Diame, Hugo Rodallega, Maynor Figueroa, James McArthur, Daniel de Ridder, Steve Gohouri, Mauro Boselli, Antolin Alcaraz.

Squad cost: £34.1m

(Wigan can also use young players including: Tom Cleverley, Franco Di Santo, James McCarthy, Victor Moses.)

WOLVES (25)

Keepers: Marcus Hahnemann, Wayne Hennessey, Carl Ikeme.

Defenders: Kevin Foley, Ronald Zubar, Richard Stearman, Jody Craddock, Christophe Berra, Steven Mouyokolo, George Elokobi, Stephen Ward, Jelle Van Damme.

Midfielders: Karl Henry, David Jones, Michael Mancienne, Dave Edwards, Greg Halford, Nenad Milijas, Adlene Guedioura, Matt Jarvis, Stephen Hunt.

Strikers: Kevin Doyle, Steven Fletcher, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Marcus Bent.

Squad cost: £40m

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The Paraguay striker fears he could miss out on City's 25-man squad under new Premier League rules. However, he should not worry as boss Roberto Mancini can easily fit him in under the limit.

City hitman Craig Bellamy left Eastlands for Championship club Cardiff earlier this month, expecting the axe. But with fellow frontmen Robinho and Felipe Caicedo leaving the club on deadline day, he did not have to be concerned.

City boast one of the biggest squads in the top flight but the new regulations will not cause them too much trouble.

The rules state that a 25-man line-up must be named by 5pm tonight but this only applies to players OVER the age of 21.

Everyone under 21 is not included and teams can use as many youngsters born after January 1, 1989 as they want. That means £23million summer signing Mario Balotelli, 20, is not part of the squad under the rules.

In total, City have 27 first-team players who are over 21 and therefore eligible for the 25-man limit. However, that includes 28-year-old reserve team keeper David Gonzalez, who has yet to make an appearance in nine months.

City already have three established stoppers in Joe Hart, Shay Given and Stuart Taylor ahead of him. And with the rules stating that clubs can call on an emergency keeper if two out of three of them are injured, they have no need to include Gonzalez.

That means Mancini would only need to drop one outfield player to form his total of 25 players.

City have 12 homegrown players on their books and 15 non-homegrown, which includes many of their highly-paid stars.

Of those classed as homegrown, right-back Shaleum Logan and midfielder Kelvin Etuhu are unlikely to make a matchday squad.

Both players spent loan spells away from City last season at Tranmere and Cardiff respectively, so can expect to be surplus to requirements again.

And former England Under-21 midfielder Michael Johnson, who is still nursing a serious knee injury, has made just two sub appearances in the last two years.

By dumping just one of these three players, Mancini can keep Santa Cruz within his squad from now until January.

City's likely 25-man squad

HOMEGROWN (9):

GK Stuart Taylor

GK Joe Hart

DF Micah Richards

DF Wayne Bridge

DF Joleon Lescott

MF James Milner

MF Shaun Wright-Phillips

MF Adam Johnson

MF Gareth Barry

NON-HOMEGROWN (14) :

GK Shay Given

DF Vincent Kompany

DF Pablo Zabaleta

DF Aleksandar Kolarov

DF Jerome Boateng

DF Kolo Toure

MF David Silva

MF Patrick Vieira

MF Nigel de Jong

MF Yaya Toure

FW Emmanuel Adebayor

FW Roque Santa Cruz

FW Jo

FW Carlos Tevez

Plus two of these three players:

DF Shaleum Logan

MF Kelvin Etuhu

MF Michael Johnson

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villa doesn't even have 25 senior players.....

we gotta be the only club that can't even fill out 25..

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villa doesn't even have 25 senior players.....

we gotta be the only club that can't even fill out 25..

That's could be the main reason why they could hand in their list so early... lol.

Lets see how many Wigan can put up... Maybe can give Villa a fight...

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I am rather surprise Chelsea named such a small squad... And the 19 also include Hilario and Ross Turnbull...

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i'm surprised so many clubs dun have 25 senior players but the real surprise is chelsea...maybe harry and arsene criticism of the 25 limit is not that valid after all....arsenal themselves can't even name 25 senior players!!!