Roque Santa Cruz and Michael Johnson included in Manchester City's 25-man Premier League squad

Mario Balotelli's age means he is not named on list...

1 Sep 2010 17:16:00

By Matt Monaghan

More On :  Manchester City
Roque Santa Cruz, Manchester City (Getty)
Roque Santa Cruz and Michael Johnson have been named in Manchester City's 25-man Premier League matchday squad.
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The new regulations state that for the 2010-11 season, teams must register a maximum of 17 'non homegrown' and minimum of eight 'homegrown players'. The homegrown players - such as Shay Given, James Milner and Micah Richards - are those trained for three years by any English or Welsh club before the age of 21.

Once the list is named, no changes can be made until the close of the transfer window. Anyone outside the 25 over the age of 21 cannot be selected and would be forced to stay on the sidelines unless they repeat Craig Bellamy's loan to a Football League side.

Clubs can, however, use an unlimited number of players aged 21 or under regardless of nationality. This law allows manager Roberto Mancini to call on £22.5 million signing Mario Balotelli, Dedryck Boyata, Greg Cunningham, Abdi Ibrahim and Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely.

Homegrown players

Shay Given
Joe Hart
Stuart Taylor
Wayne Bridge
Joleon Lescott
Shaleum Logan
Micah Richards
Gareth Barry
Adam Johnson
Michael Johnson
James Milner
Shaun Wright-Phillips

Non homegrown players

Jerome Boateng
Aleksander Kolarov
Vincent Kompany
Kolo Toure
Pablo Zabaleta
Nigel de Jong
David Silva
Yaya Toure
Patrick Vieira
Emmanuel Adebayor
Jo
Roque Santa Cruz
Carlos Tevez

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