Yesterday at 5pm was the deadline for Arsenal and every other club in the Premier League to subnit their final squad lists, which were allowed to be a maximium size of 25 players, although only 17 of them were allowed to come out of the Home Grown category.
The Gunners’ final squad list has 16 of these and seven who are classed as home grown, a total list of 23 players, meaning that without selling anyone, Arsene Wenger could sign two players in January as long as one of them fulfils the criteria of being registered to an English or Welsh club for 36 months before they turn 21. Here is that list, saying which of them are homegrown.
1. Arteta Amatriain, Mikel (No)
2 Campbell, Joel (No)
3 Cazorla, Santiago (No)
4 Coquelin, Francis (YES)
5 Debuchy, Mathieu (No)
6 Diaby, Vassiriki Abou (No)
7 Flamini, Mathieu (No)
8 Gibbs, Kieran James Ricardo (YES)
9 Giroud, Olivier (No)
10 Koscielny, Laurent (No)
11 Martinez, Damian Emiliano (YES)
12 Mertesacker, Per (No)
13 Monreal, Ignacio (No)
14 Ospina, David (No)
15 Ozil, Mesut (No)
16 Podolski, Lukas (No)
17 Ramsey, Aaron James (No)
18 Rosicky, Tomas (No)
19 Sanchez, Alexis (No)
20 Szczesny, Wojciech Tomasz (YES)
21 Walcott, Theo James Yes (YES)
22 Welbeck, Daniel (YES)
23 Wilshere, Jack Andrew (YES)
A pretty strong squad there for Arsenal, and it can be boosted by the fact that the under 21 players, such as Serge Gnabry, Calum Chambers, Sanogo, Bellerin and Oxlade-Chamberlain. That is a real benefit of the youth system and if we can keep most of these players fit this time, do you think Arsenal have a squad capable of winning the Premier League title?