Mikel Arteta has confirmed his Arsenal Premier League squad.
Clubs in the top flight of English football were required to name a squad of 25-players by 2pm today.
Within that 25, eight must be homegrown, and clubs are only permitted to select a maximum of 17 foreign players, but there are no limits on the number of under-21 players which can be used by clubs throughout the season.
The Premier League describes a homegrown player as someone a player who "irrespective of nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association or the Welsh FA for a period of three seasons or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday".
If a team doesn't have enough homegrown players then they must reduce their squad to accommodate the amount of missing homegrown players, or fill the shortfall by naming an Under-21 player instead.
The usual suspects such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Nicolas Pepe have been named as have summer signings Thomas Partey, Willian, Alex Runarsson, Gabriel Magalhaes and Dani Ceballos.
However, as expected, there's no room for Mesut Ozil or Sokratis.
Neither player has been named in the Europa League squad too, which means they may not kick a ball until January at the earliest when the January transfer window opens.
With Deyan Iliev (loan) and Emiliano Martinez both departing over the summer, the number of homegrown players in the Arsenal squad has dropped significantly from last season.
Although, Ainsley-Maitland Niles and Calum Chambers bring the number back up.
Here is a list of the homegrown players named in the squad
1. Hector Bellerin
2. Ainsley Maitland-Niles
3. Rob Holding
4. Calum Chambers
5. Matt Macey
Meanwhile, first-team players such as Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka, William Saliba, Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock and Emile Smith Rowe have been named among the under-21 players.
Arsenal's Premier League squad: Cedric Soares, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Hector Bellerin*, Willian, Dani Ceballos, Calum Chambers*, Gabriel, Mohamed Elneny, Rob Holding*, Sead Kolasinac, Alexandre Lacazette, Bernd Leno, Matt Macey*, Ainsley Maitland-Niles*, Pablo Mari, David Luiz, Shkodran Mustafi, Thomas Partey, Nicolas Pepe, Alex Runarsson, Kieran Tierney, Granit Xhaka
*Homegrown
