They had 24 in their Champions League squad last season:
GK: Hart [HG], Pantilimon, Johanssen [HG]
DF: Richards [HG], Kompany, Zabaleta, Lescott [HG], Kolarov, Clichy, Demichelis, Nastasic, Boyata [HG]
MF: Milner [HG], Nasri, Garcia, Navas, Rodwell [HG], Silva, Fernandinho, Y. Toure
ST: Negredo, Aguero, Dzeko, Jovetic
Going off that they had 7 home grown players in their squad last season, didn't have anybody to be the 8th so only submitted a squad of 24. Number of appearances for each home grown player ((starts : sub apps))
Hart (7) - Johanssen (0) - Richards (3) - Lescott (3 : 1) - Boyata (0) - Milner (3 : 3) - Rodwell (1)
Seems that they didn't use their home grown players very often. Johanssen and Boyata are understandable because one was their 3rd choice keeper in the competition and the other was the 5th choice centre back. It really does look like money has gotten to the heads of those at their club. They used to bring through some decent, talented players but they barely even use the British players that they spent ridiculous amounts on never mind the odd one that came through the academy.
Every single one of those home grown players apart from Hart are reported to be leaving. They're going to fu**ed in one way or another. They'll have to replace possibly 6 to 7 of their home grown players for their 21 player Champions League squad. It's going to be nigh on impossible replacing all of them whilst also maintaining their agreement with UEFA. If they are going to rely on some of their under 21 players then I don't see them getting far in the competition.
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