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The regular and usually inaccurate summary of the 25 squad by Tony Attwood

Clubs also have to name at least eight homegrown players (ie one who has been registered with an English or Welsh club for at least three years prior to them turning 21) for the season until the next transfer window.

The names on the squad list of Arsenal are (excluding U-21s) are:

1.      Andrey Arshavin

2.      Mikel Arteta

3.      Santi Cazorla

4.      Marouane Chamakh (A)

5.      André Clarindo dos Santos

6.      Abou Diaby

7.      Johan Djourou

8.      Lukasz Fabianski

9.      Gervinho (A)

10. Kieran Gibbs

11. Olivier Giroud

12. Laurent Koscielny

13. Vito Mannone

14. Per Mertesacker

15. Lukas Podolski

16. Aaron Ramsey

17. Tomas Rosicky

18. Bacary Sagna

19. Sebastien Squillaci

20. Wojciech Szczesny

21. Thomas Vermaelen

22. Theo Walcott

23. Craig Eastmond

The (A) shows the players who may be called up in January and February for the Africa Cup of Nations.  (This has been held every other year in the past but this time it is being held in two consecutive years so that it moves from even numbered years to odd numbered years).  It is noticeable that we only have two such players in the 25 and (I believe) none in the under 21s, so for once the Cup won’t affect Arsenal that much.

I am sure Mr Wenger has not avoided African players per se but certainly those clubs that have signed players who will play again in Africa in the new year will be a loss to their clubs.

Anyway, moving on…

From the under age group we might expect to see…

1. Carl Jenkinson
2. Francis Coquelin
3. Jack Wilshere
4. Alex Oxlade Chamberlain
5. Ignasi Miquel
6. Thomas Eisfeld
7. Damian Martinez
8. Chuks Aneke

Which by my calculations gives us 31 – plus any surprise under 21s, or come to that any that I have stupidly forgotten.

I should add that Arsenal traditionally list every single under 21 on their books in the submission to the Premier League, but I’ve tried to include the ones that I think are most likely to end up with a squad number through having at least sat on the bench for a game.

I’ve done this every season since the 25 rule came in and never once managed to produce a list without errors in it, so you really ought to read the comments below before taking my list as being remotely accurate.

And here’s the Champions League A list

1. Wojciech Szczesny,
2. Abou Diaby,
3. Bacary Sagna,
4. Per Mertesacker,
5. Thomas Vermaelen,
6. Laurent Koscielny,
7. Tomas Rosicky,
8. Mikel Arteta,
9. Lukas Podolski,
10. Andre Santos,
11. Olivier Giroud,
12. Theo Walcott,
13. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain,
14. Aaron Ramsey,
15. Sebastien Squillaci,
16. Santi Cazorla,
17. Johan Djourou,
18. Lukas Fabianski,
19. Andrey Arshavin,
20. Vito Mannone,
21. Carl Jenkinson,
22. Gervinho,
23. Kieran Gibbs,
24. Marouane Chamakh,
25. Serge Gnabry.

So now you can tell me this time’s mistakes…

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