Transfer Rumours Summer 2026 Transfer Window

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Is there actually a requirement to have 4 club-trained players in the Europa league list? As far as I can tell its just that you use up the club-trained slots or accept the smaller squad cap.
 
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Is there actually a requirement to have 4 club-trained players in the Europa league list? As far as I can tell its just that you use up the club-trained slots or accept the smaller squad cap.
Yes. 4 locally trained and 4 homegrown (fa trained). 8 all together

That said I THINK we can register a load of first team U21 players on a different list, so our squad size shouldn't take too much of a hit if we did lose some places
 
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Is there actually a requirement to have 4 club-trained players in the Europa league list? As far as I can tell its just that you use up the club-trained slots or accept the smaller squad cap.
It’s not a requirement, you just can’t use those slots if you don’t have players that fit the criteria. Therefore potentially limiting your pool of players quite significantly.
 
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we also need 4 locally trained players over the age of 21 for the europa league, the only ones I can think of are Patto, Zak Johnson, Pickford and Henderson. Two don't play for us, and the other two likely won't either. So either way, we are going to take a hit to the squad count due to missing those spots
John Egan at Hull and Stephenson who's leaving Liverpool.
 
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Yes. 4 locally trained and 4 homegrown (fa trained). 8 all together

That said I THINK we can register a load of first team U21 players on a different list, so our squad size shouldn't take too much of a hit if we did lose some places
From the UEFA document:
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Hypothetical- would any of you sign Rashford?
I definitely wouldn't . . . . too much distraction, like trying to gain favour 'off the pitch' rather than on it, which we'd have to accommodate . . . . that's apart from the ego issue not fitting what we have with our current group :emoticon-0148-yes: