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Think you're wrong about how the home grown bit works.
His birthday is 28/06/95 which means he was already 18 when he joined on 01/07/13. They have to have been here for at least three years before the age of 21 so he missed out by just a few days. The foreign loans still count unless someone more knowledgeable knows better?
That would be great news!
When City goes on signing young players before they are 18, send them on loan,
all of them will come back after 3 years as 'home grown' without putting a foot on City's training pitch.
Remains the question, will they be club-trained then or just English/Walsh academy-trained? :-p :-p :-p
After some years we'll have a 90% home grown squad, funny innit?
When every PL club will do the same I wonder what's the benefit for the England team. That's what Fa wants? Really?
On Denayer's missing 3 days:
1) to take a disadvantage of earlier birth out of the equation, FIFA rules say:
"between the age of 15 (or the start of the season during which he turns 15)
and 21 (or the end of the season during which he turns 21)"
You certainly can replace 15 by any other age under 19 to be consistent within the rule.
2) "irrespective of his nationality and age, has been registered with his current club for a period, continuous or not, of three entire season"
A season is defined from the first to the last competitive match of the relevant championship.
IF loans would count, Denayer filled the rule by being registered for City 2013/14, 2014/15 (Celtic) and 2015/16 (Gala).
FIFA also states a basic rule that any player can only be registered for ONE club at a time.
That means during a loan the player is registered for the loan club to be available to play.
Not being marked as home grown by PL/FA although being under City contract for 3 entire season means:
loans do not count as home (club or academy), because they are not at home.