English Premier League - Part 1: Final Squad Listing (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Briminghan and BlackBurn)
With the transfer window nailed shut till January 2011 no more changes can be made to teams and the clubs have announced their final twenty five man squads.
In the new season all clubs are required to meet the new FA rules and the home grown player’s quota. Last night was the dead line for all teams to officially release the final list of players in their squads and all teams thankfully met their deadlines.
Here is a list of clubs and their announced squad members that will be fighting till the next transfer session opens.
Arsenal F.C: The sixty year old French Arsene Wenger may have criticized the home grown quota policy but he was one of those club bosses who had no issues with announcing his team listings. The Gunners youth program has been bearing its fruits and now Wenger can easily choose from the young talents that his club has been nourishing to stardom, and add them to the twenty man squad.
Currently, Carlos Vela, Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott will not be counted in the twenty five man squads as they are under twenty one. The squad is made up of Manuel Almunia, Andrei Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh, Gael Clichy,Denilson, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fabregas, Johan Djourou, Emmanuel Eboue, Lukasz Fabianski, Laurent Koscielny, Vito Mannone, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky,Bacary Sagna, Alexandre Song, Robin Van Persie, Thomas Vermaelen and Sebastien Squillaci.
Aston Villa F.C: The Lions manager Kevin McDonald also had the least trouble with releasing his squad listings. The team already composed of 15 home grown players and this left him with no issues in announcing the new twenty five “Villans’ for this season.
The official line up announced is made up of: Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, James Collins, Carlos Cuellar, Curtis Davies, Habib Beye, Richard Dunne, Stephen Warnock, Stewart Downing, Luke Young, Eric Lichaj, Stylian Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Stephen Ireland, Jonathan Hogg, Isaiah Osbourne, Nigel Reo-Coker, Ashley Young, John Carew, Moustapha Salifou and Steve Sidwell. Additionally, under twenty ones Marc Albrighton, Nathan Delfouneso, Barry Bannan, Ciaran Clark and Fabian Delph are also available for selection if needed.
Birmingham City F.C: Birmingham City Football clubs boss Alex McLeish was practically one of the most occupied managers with transfers this season, as he only had a limited number of home grown players. The fifty one year old Scottish manager had a long list of transfer names through which he had to choose his recruits from and was occupied all summer signing new players and sending other on their way.
The Blues’ boss was busy with the transfer hassle till the last day before the transfer window got shut and in the end confidently announced his new team line up and the names that he announced are: Maik Taylor, Kevin Phillips, Stephen Carr, David Murphy, Michel, Lee Bowyer, Nikola Zigic, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Jean Beausejour, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Cameron Jerome, Keith Fahy, Garry O'Connor, Barry Ferguson, Colin Doyle, Martin Jiranek, Matt Derbyshire, Scott Dann, James McFadden, Stuart Parnaby, Alexander Hleb, Ben Foster, James O'Shea.
Blackburn Rovers F.C: The English Sam Allardyce did face some trouble in making his final twenty five man squad and in the end made a list of exactly twenty one men. He also has some talent in his under twenty one squad and can call them up if needed though. The younger list includes Aaron Doran, Grant Hanley, Gavin Gunning, Junior Hoilett, Amine Linganzi, Josh Morris and Phil Jones.
The final team list that was announced includes: Paul Robinson, Gael Givet, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn, Vince Grella, Chris Samba, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Mark Bunn, Keith Andrews, Michel Salgado, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Brown, Frank Fielding, Martin Olsson, Pascal Chimbonda, Mame Biram Diouf, Jason Roberts, Benjani, El-Hadji Diouf and Nikola Kalinic.
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