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I used to presume it was the homegrown rule, but has a club ever really fallen foul of that rule?
The homegrown rule only stipulates that you can;t have more than 17 non-homegrown players. If the 8 remaining players aren't homegrown it doesn't matter, you can just have a smaller squad than 25.
So technically you could have a 17 man squad of 100% non-homegrown players (I think).
neu
Will the price of English players realign with the rest of Europe any time soon?
A couple of examples from my club - Maguire goes for £80M, Soyuncu cost £19M and is a better player, in my opinion; Chelsea pay £50M for Chilwell, and we spend £18M on Castagne, a Belgium international.
We need a centre half and Burnley think Tarkowski is worth £50M, with players like Tah and Fofana valued at less than half that.
It can't be about being a "proven premier league player" or the home grown quota.