Given our recent loss of Iwobi, Ramsey and Welbeck and plenty of others in recent seasons, I figured I'd write out what our current homegrown situation is. Premier League rules state we can register 25 players over the age of 21 each season, with no more than 17 of those being foreign. Our current squad is as follows
Homegrown (over 21)
1. Emiliano Martinez
2. Matt Macey
3. Rob Holding
4. Calum Chambers
5. Hector Bellerin
6. Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Non homegrown (over 21)
1. Bernd Leno
2. David Luiz
3. Shkodran Mustafi
4. Sokratis
5. Kieran Tierney
6. Sead Kolasinac
7. Nacho Monreal
8. Mohamed Elneny
9. Lucas Torreira
10. Granit Xhaka
11. Dani Ceballos
12. Henrik Mkhitaryan
13. Mesut Ozil
14. Nicolas Pepe
15. Alexandre Lacazette
16. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Under 21 first team players
1. Konstantinos Mavropanos
2. Zech Medley
3. Matteo Guendouzi
4. Joe Willock
5. Emile Smith Rowe
6. Reiss Nelson
7. Bukayo Saka
8. Tyreece John-Jules
9. Eddie Nketiah (on loan)
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It's actually not as bad as I had thought it was. We only have 6 homegrown players over the age of 21, including two goalkeepers, but we've a lot of young talent who will qualify as homegrown players if and when they become regulars in the first team squad and go over that age. We do have our maximum number of foreign players currently registered, but with the likes of Mohamed Elneny and Shkodran Mustafi likely to leave, as well as one of Monreal/ Kolasinac, we should have room for new signings in January and next summer.
EDIT: Looks like we have 16 of our 17 allotted foreign players... I counted David Luiz twice.
I'll update this thread as the situation changes over time.