Walrus
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This has been a slight concern of mine for a while, and going into next season I feel like it could become a significant problem for us.
The PL and CL squads require you to have 8 homegrown players (or rather, you can only register 17 non-homegrowns). The CL in particular requires 4 'club' homegrowns and 4 'nation' homegrowns. This has never been something that United have had to worry too much about - and indeed compared with our rivals we have usually had quite a few HG players in the squad each year.
Looking at the outgoings this summer;
Jones is basically guaranteed to leave.
Maguire and Henderson very likely.
McTominay, Sancho and AWB being talked about as possibilities.
Greenwood I will assume will play no part.
Beyond the above, that leaves us basically with Rashford and Shaw (unless I am missing anyone). Its for this reason I think we will hang on to Henderson, McTominay and Sancho, and maybe look for any youngsters who are turning 21 and can/should be included in the first team squad.
Nonetheless, even in a fairly best-case scenario we are cutting things a bit tight. It wouldnt surprise me if we were looking at British players especially this summer - the likes of JWP, Maddison or Bamford who could potentially contribute on the pitch, and to the HG quotas.
Whilst we are not yet in absolute dire straits, this is an aspect we should be conscious of, especially when considering which players to move on. For example - this is one of the reasons I would strongly advocate keeping McTominay over Fred, and maybe even Maguire over Lindelof (though I think that ship has sailed now).
The PL and CL squads require you to have 8 homegrown players (or rather, you can only register 17 non-homegrowns). The CL in particular requires 4 'club' homegrowns and 4 'nation' homegrowns. This has never been something that United have had to worry too much about - and indeed compared with our rivals we have usually had quite a few HG players in the squad each year.
Looking at the outgoings this summer;
Jones is basically guaranteed to leave.
Maguire and Henderson very likely.
McTominay, Sancho and AWB being talked about as possibilities.
Greenwood I will assume will play no part.
Beyond the above, that leaves us basically with Rashford and Shaw (unless I am missing anyone). Its for this reason I think we will hang on to Henderson, McTominay and Sancho, and maybe look for any youngsters who are turning 21 and can/should be included in the first team squad.
Nonetheless, even in a fairly best-case scenario we are cutting things a bit tight. It wouldnt surprise me if we were looking at British players especially this summer - the likes of JWP, Maddison or Bamford who could potentially contribute on the pitch, and to the HG quotas.
Whilst we are not yet in absolute dire straits, this is an aspect we should be conscious of, especially when considering which players to move on. For example - this is one of the reasons I would strongly advocate keeping McTominay over Fred, and maybe even Maguire over Lindelof (though I think that ship has sailed now).