Manchester City invited to the EFL Trophy 2016/17

[Centurions]

United, Liverpool and Chelsea have all supposedly refused the invite.

 

[Centurions]

Does anyone know if it'll be split into north and south as before or not? They haven't mentioned it in that article so I doubt it will be but does anyone know for sure?

It still looks like it's regionalised North and South.

 

[Falastur]

United, Liverpool and Chelsea have all supposedly refused the invite.

They might have wanted to, but the BBC has already confirmed the teams who are in for next year, and the only PL teams who will not be competing are Bournemouth, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Hull and Watford.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36725310

 

[Centurions]

They might have wanted to, but the BBC has already confirmed the teams who are in for next year, and the only PL teams who will not be competing are Bournemouth, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Hull and Watford.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36725310

I think that article is misleading, it says the format is confirmed but other media online (the daily fail twitter for one) say that United have definitely turned down the invite.

 

[Falastur]

I think that article is misleading, it says the format is confirmed but other media online (the daily fail twitter for one) say that United have definitely turned down the invite.

No idea where the Daily Fail is coming from then, because the BBC are reciting information directly from the organisers themselves:

http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/efl-trophy-format-confirmed-for-201617-3170687.aspx

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Should be drawn soon.

Hope we get a local team away.

 

[Centurions]

No idea where the Daily Fail is coming from then, because the BBC are reciting information directly from the organisers themselves:

http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/efl-trophy-format-confirmed-for-201617-3170687.aspx

That article just confirms the format of the competition and states the names of the first 16 invited Cat 1 academies, nowhere do they state that they've all accepted the invite. They're not going to devalue the comp before it's even started by suggesting that they might not all turn up. The BBC seem to be presuming to my mind but we'll see shortly I guess.

 

[The Footy Diary]

Tottenham are another team who it seems will decline according to the Mirror.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

I don't know how I feel about this. I think this might be a decent tournament to give the lads a wee bit more experience which is always beneficial.

 

[Manchester33]

Should be drawn soon.

Hope we get a local team away.

Yep, I'd love a group with us Rochdale and Tranmere. Two new grounds for me to visit and pretty local!