Non home grown

[Bumble]

We are only allowed to select 17 non home grown players in the Premier League squad. we currently have 19...ooo who to drop from
Leno, Runarsson
Soares, Gabriel, Luiz, Kolasinac, Mari, Mustafi, Sokratis, Tierney
Ceballos, Xhaka, Elneny, Partey, Ozil, Willian
Pepe, Lacazette and Aubameyang

Ozil should be one... tricky which dross defender to be the other one. Mustafi, Sokratis or Kolasinac? Although interesting last season probably been Elneny but he seems to be doing ok. So perhaps it will be Sokratis.

[Gooner23]

I think Sokratis will be a dead cert as we just don't need 8 centre backs. Really surprised he didn't move on. Perhaps he will just go out on loan to a Championship club until January.

[Niall_Quinn]

Still have until the 16th to sort this out domestically.

[Marc Overmars]

Ozil and Sok.

[Mac76]

mustafi is a must for me - oh the joy of knowing we won't see him all season

[Globalgunner]

There are at least 5 players on that list Id be ecstatic not to see in an Arsenal shirt again.

[I am invisible]

Are we limited to two that we can’t register?

Pretty certain it will be Özil and Sokratis. If it were up to me I’d ditch Kola instead of Sok and remove any trace of that Özil sphere of influence from the group, but we have about 700 CBs at the club, and Kola might be seen as more valuable as cover for Tierney, if plan to keep playing 4 at the back (though he’s log at it).

[Ollie the Optimist]

Does the home grown rule only apply to English players or UK ? I would have expected Tinery to be classed as home grown but maybe not

[I am invisible]

it was actually Gazidis who was largely responsible for that terrible Ozil deal

also i think Arteta was a much more refined player than Xhaka, who's just a big slow mroon who occasionally gets away with a long-range forward pass but can't defend to save his life

Biggest issue with Xhaka is we’ve needed him to be our DM when he’s not really got the raw athleticism to cover the ground and beat the press - gets pressured into a lot of mistakes which end up being costly because of how deep he is. I wonder if we might now see him used a little further forward, if he has Partey alongside / behind him? Kind of how he plays for the Swiss with Zakaria behind him?

[I am invisible]

Does the home grown rule only apply to English players or UK ? I would have expected Tinery to be classed as home grown but maybe not

Can be any nationality, as long as they’ve trained for at least 3 years at a club (or clubs) within the same national association between the ages of 15 and 21.

Luckily we signed Saliba last summer, so I think he just squeaks in!