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After Everton concluded their business in the transfer window yesterday, they submitted their final squad list for the Premier League 2016-17 season earlier today.
The one surprise on it is Oumar Niasse, who declined a loan move to any one of three Russian clubs yesterday. Niasse had not been handed a squad number at the beginning of the season, with the expectation that he would be on his way out of the club. Looks like Koeman will have to give him a number now.
Here is the full list of 25 players -
- Leighton Baines
- Ross Barkley
- Gareth Barry
- Yannick Bolasie
- Tyias Browning
- Tom Cleverley
- Darron Gibson
- Phil Jagielka
- Aaron Lennon
- Romelu Lukaku
- James McCarthy
- Matthew Pennington
- Ashley Williams
- Muhamed Besic
- Seamus Coleman
- Gerard Deulofeu
- Ramiro Funes Mori
- Idrissa Gueye
- Arouna Kone
- Kevin Mirallas
- Oumar Baye Niasse
- Bryan Oviedo
- Joel Robles
- Maarten Stekelenburg
- Enner Valencia
From the Everton site -
Premier League regulations dictate that a club’s squad can be up to a maximum of 25 players of whom a maximum of 17 may not be home-grown players. A reduced squad can be submitted if a club does not have eight falling into the home-grown category.
A home-grown player is one who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three Seasons or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21).
In addition to the 25-man named squad, clubs can use an unlimited number of players aged 21 or under.
An Under-21 player means a player under the age of 21 as at the 1st January in the year in which the season concerned commences. Under-21 players can be added to the squad during the season.
These rules cover Premier League games only.