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Last update: 14 August, 2 departures including Joe Rodon on loan to Leeds
I thought it might be useful to have a complete list of all the players who would need to be registered in Spurs' PL squad, plus all the youngsters who've been mentioned as possible first team squad members under Postecoglou. I've also included notes about their current status - most of which is well known, of course.
A few notes - Udogie and Sarr don't need to be registered within the PL squad due to their age. Also, unlike UEFA competitions, the Premier League doesn't make any distinction between association and club-trained for players - they're just home grown. And I know we have this discussion every year, but Eric Dier isn't home grown despite being English as he trained for most of his youth in Portugal. Ben Davies is home grown, as he came through at Swansea, which is part of the English league system.
In terms of numbers as of 14 August, I've counted 44 players in the table, of whom 13 are under 21 so don't have to be registered, making 31 senior players. We know some players have to leave or go out on loan as the PL squad is a maximum of 25 senior players and while we won't be registering 5 goalkeepers, we have a very bloated squad as of today - No surprise that we're trying to get up to 7 players gone, then, according to our resident ITKs.
That 25 senior players must include 8 home grown players - assuming Forster and one of Whiteman/Austin will be registered, we have 8 outfield home grown players, including Brooklyn Lyon-Foster who admittedly seems unlikely to see much time. If we don't have 8 home grown players, we can't name a 25 man squad - but that could mean younger players get given minutes, so it's not the be-all and end-all.
If I've missed anything (or anyone!) please let me know.
I thought it might be useful to have a complete list of all the players who would need to be registered in Spurs' PL squad, plus all the youngsters who've been mentioned as possible first team squad members under Postecoglou. I've also included notes about their current status - most of which is well known, of course.
A few notes - Udogie and Sarr don't need to be registered within the PL squad due to their age. Also, unlike UEFA competitions, the Premier League doesn't make any distinction between association and club-trained for players - they're just home grown. And I know we have this discussion every year, but Eric Dier isn't home grown despite being English as he trained for most of his youth in Portugal. Ben Davies is home grown, as he came through at Swansea, which is part of the English league system.
In terms of numbers as of 14 August, I've counted 44 players in the table, of whom 13 are under 21 so don't have to be registered, making 31 senior players. We know some players have to leave or go out on loan as the PL squad is a maximum of 25 senior players and while we won't be registering 5 goalkeepers, we have a very bloated squad as of today - No surprise that we're trying to get up to 7 players gone, then, according to our resident ITKs.
That 25 senior players must include 8 home grown players - assuming Forster and one of Whiteman/Austin will be registered, we have 8 outfield home grown players, including Brooklyn Lyon-Foster who admittedly seems unlikely to see much time. If we don't have 8 home grown players, we can't name a 25 man squad - but that could mean younger players get given minutes, so it's not the be-all and end-all.
If I've missed anything (or anyone!) please let me know.
Name | Age on first day of season (status) | Notes |
Hugo Lloris Fraser Forster Guglielmo Vicario Brandon Austin Alfie Whiteman | 36 35 (Home grown) 26 24 (Home grown) 24 (Home grown) | Considering his options Signed from Empoli Fourth/fifth choice Fourth/fifth choice |
Ivan Perisic Ben Davies Eric Dier Davinson Sanchez | 34 30 (Home grown) 29 27 | Linked with move to Hajduk Split Considering his options |
Sergio Reguilon Cristian Romero Pedro Porro Emerson Royal | 26 25 24 24 | Returned from loan at Atletico Madrid Signed from Sporting |
Japhet Tanganga Ryan Sessegnon Djed Spence Brooklyn Lyons-Foster | 24 (Home grown) 23 (Home grown) 23 (Home grown) 22 (Home grown) | Returned from loan at Rennes |
Mickey van de Ven Destiny Udogie Maksim Paskotsi Alfie Dorrington Ashley Phillips | 22 20 (Under 21) 20 (Under 21) 18 (Under 21) 18 (Under 21) | Signed from Wolfsburg Returned from loan at Udinese Signed from Blackburn |
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg Giovani Lo Celso Yves Bissouma James Maddison | 28 27 26 26 (Home grown) | Linked to Atletico and others Returned from loan at Vilarreal Signed from Leicester |
Tanguy Ndombele Rodrigo Bentancur Oliver Skipp Harvey White | 26 23 22 (Home grown) 22 (Home grown) | Returned from loan at Napoli Returned from loan at Derby |
Pape Matar Sarr Nile John Yaya Santiago Matthew Craig Alfie Devine | 20 (Under 21) 20 (Under 21) 20 (Under 21) 20 (Under 21) 19 (Under 21) | |
Son Heung-Min Richarlison Manor Solomon Dejan Kulusevski | 31 26 23 23 | Signed from Shakhtar Donetsk Signed from Juventus |
Bryan Gil Troy Parrott Alejo Véliz Jude Soonsup-Bell Dane Scarlett | 22 21 (Under 21) 19 (Under 21) 19 (Under 21) 19 (Under 21) | Returned from loan at Sevilla Returned from loan at Preston Signed from Rosario Central Returned from loan at Portsmouth |
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