MCFC BOB
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Nielsen
Gonzales
Ireland
Garrido
Jo
Robinho
Santa Cruz
Etuhu
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ah, sod it all. Mancini decides.
Gonzales
Ireland
Garrido
Jo
Robinho
Santa Cruz
Etuhu
...
ah, sod it all. Mancini decides.
macmanson said:kennycar said:Add to that Boateng and Caicedo, who are both 21 at the start of the season. They qualify to play in U21 national teams so in football terms they count as under 21
-- Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:33 pm --
which including the loan of the faroe islands goalie brings the current squad down to 30 as Mancini is quoted
Actually, no the rules for under 21 in International competition are different than those for the premier league. For International teams, a player simply needs to be aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so they could end up being 23 by the time they complete the full U-21 campaign.
For the premier league, a player has to turn 21 (or Under 21) in the year the competition begins, so the PL cutoff date for an Under 21 in the 2010/11 season is Jan 1st, 1989. Players like Boateng and Caceido who are born in 1988 wouldn't qualify as Under 21s and would need to be named as part of the 17 foreign players in the squad.