Impeccable
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the situation regarding fielding English/British players next season
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Could someone please clarify
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the goats backside
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we will know once baconface submits the rules
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Apparently all queries should be directed to:
Mr. David Gill
Manchester United,
Sir Matt Busby Way,
Old Trafford,
M16 0RA
Mr. David Gill
Manchester United,
Sir Matt Busby Way,
Old Trafford,
M16 0RA
Impeccable
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Rofl!
uweuweuwe
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Think you have to have 8 british in the squad which currently we have 12 not sure if this effects the republic of ireland players although superman would come under youth policy.
Think there is also something about youth graduates which current squad list shows is 9 but doesn't list Ibrahim and haven't included swp so think we are pretty safe although the british media would have you believe that man city are going to struggle as we have a squad full of overpaid foreigners.
not sure how accurate it is caught the end of something on news this morning before my lads started screaming for nick jnr
Think there is also something about youth graduates which current squad list shows is 9 but doesn't list Ibrahim and haven't included swp so think we are pretty safe although the british media would have you believe that man city are going to struggle as we have a squad full of overpaid foreigners.
not sure how accurate it is caught the end of something on news this morning before my lads started screaming for nick jnr
PaulPowerShower
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I hope it does go this way
Football is on a one way self destruct path at the minute - Surley its going to collapse under it's own pretentiousness
Football is on a one way self destruct path at the minute - Surley its going to collapse under it's own pretentiousness
This won't be an issue for City at all. The rules when they come into full effect will be very similar to what is already in place for the champions league and isn't based on nationality but on where players were trained. This is roughly what it is but I could be wrong on some of the specific numbers: In the squad of 26 you must have 4 players trained at the club for at least 3 years from the age of 18 or younger and a further 4 trained at clubs in England from 18 or younger. If you don't have enough players that meet these requirements you just leave a blank space in the squad for everyone you are short. and players under the age of 21 don't have to be registered in the squad no matter where they have come from.
So at city we have players trained at the club(who will have spent 3 years here by the time they have to be registered):
Ireland, SWP, Micah, Ned, Joe Hart, Weiss, Boyata, Ibrahim, Cunningham, Vidal, Michael Johnson and thats just does who would be considered part of the squad now in future this couldalso include the likes of Helan, Zander, Nimley etc.
Players trained in England:
Barry, Bridge, Lescott, Given, Bellers, A. Johnson, Taylor, and of course all the players mentioned above also count as being trained in England.
A better way of thinking about it is actually that rather than having a squad of 26 with 8 players meeting the requirements think of it as only being aloud to have 16 players who aren't trained in England or at the club.
Of our current squad that would be:
Pab Zab, Garrido, Sylvinho, Petrov, Santa Cruz, Viera, Ade, Toure, Kompany, De Jong, Tevez and Nielsen.
Thats 12 players so we could still afford to have another 4 non-english palyers under these rules
So at city we have players trained at the club(who will have spent 3 years here by the time they have to be registered):
Ireland, SWP, Micah, Ned, Joe Hart, Weiss, Boyata, Ibrahim, Cunningham, Vidal, Michael Johnson and thats just does who would be considered part of the squad now in future this couldalso include the likes of Helan, Zander, Nimley etc.
Players trained in England:
Barry, Bridge, Lescott, Given, Bellers, A. Johnson, Taylor, and of course all the players mentioned above also count as being trained in England.
A better way of thinking about it is actually that rather than having a squad of 26 with 8 players meeting the requirements think of it as only being aloud to have 16 players who aren't trained in England or at the club.
Of our current squad that would be:
Pab Zab, Garrido, Sylvinho, Petrov, Santa Cruz, Viera, Ade, Toure, Kompany, De Jong, Tevez and Nielsen.
Thats 12 players so we could still afford to have another 4 non-english palyers under these rules
"At the beginning of each match, each club must field at least 6 players eligible to play for the national team of the country of the club"
from that i assume its just English players!
we should be alright, as others have said, we have about 8 first team players eligible for the england team, and about 5 of them do/ have played for the England first team
and that's only the starting line up that has to be English, they can be substituted for foreign players
from that i assume its just English players!
we should be alright, as others have said, we have about 8 first team players eligible for the england team, and about 5 of them do/ have played for the England first team
and that's only the starting line up that has to be English, they can be substituted for foreign players