Arsenal have added 20 Reserve and Youth players to the first team for the coming campaign, making them eligible to perform in any competition for Arsène Wenger’s side.
Of the 20, 3 players are currently away on loan spells, (Nacer Barazite, Armand Traore, Vincent van den Berg,) whilst other loanees Kerrea Gilbert and Havard Nordtveit have not been given numbers. Pedro Botelho has a contract with the club, but because he does not have a British visa – he cannot be registered.
Amaury Bischoff has been handed the number 28 shirt, but he has not been added to the Champions League squad. You can see the complete list below.
Key
First Team – White
Loanees – Red
Promoted Reserves – Yellow
** – Player Not Eligible For Champions League
Arsenal First Team Squad – 2008-2009
1. Manuel Almunia
2. Abou Diaby
3. Bacary Sagna
4. Cesc Fàbregas
5. Kolo Touré
6. Philippe Senderos
7. Tomáš Rosický
8. Samir Nasri
9. Eduardo
10. William Gallas (Captain)
11. Robin van Persie
12. Carlos Vela
13. –
14. Theo Walcott
15. Denilson
16. Aaron Ramsey
17. Alexandre Song
18. Mikaël Silvestre
19. Jack Wilshere
20. Johan Djourou
21. Łukasz Fabiański
22. Gaël Clichy
23. –
24. Vito Mannone
25. Emmanuel Adebayor
26. Nicklas Bendtner
27. Emmanuel Eboué
28. *Amaury Bischoff*
29.
30. Armand Traoré
31. –
32. –
33. Nacer Barazite
34. Kyle Bartley
35. Francis Coquelin
36. Thomas Cruise
37. James Dunne
38. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas
39. Rui Fonte
40. Kieran Gibbs
41. Gavin Hoyte
42. Henri Lansbury
43. Fran Mérida Perez
44. Rhys Murphy
45.
46. Abu Ogogo
47. Mark Randall
48.
49. Paul Rodgers
50. Jay Simpson
51. Rene Steer
52.
53. Wojciech Szczesny
54. Vincent van den Berg
55. Sanchez Watt
Article By – J.Sanderson
So wait, all the promoted kids are eligible fpr the CL but Bisch isn’t? I can understand Randall and Gibbs, maybe the fourth keeper but… it just seems a bit confusing.
Would have much prefered to see Merida be given a proper number aswell, instead of slumming it in the 40s. I guess him and Simpson just aren’t going to come out of the reserves this calender year, at least.
when are the ones not good enough going to be released?
Bischoff is not fit enough to play, so he is not included. If we had a mass injury crisis Bischoff is taking the position of a fully fit player.
And they will be released next summer.
sanderson how long was randall n gibbs contracts
Long Term, so between 3-5 years
J. Sanderson,
Saw this wikipedia.com. Is this real or prank?
Stephen Appiah (born December 24, 1980) is a Ghanaian International football midfielder and the captain of the Ghana national team who is currently a free agent after being released by turkish side Fenerbahçe.
With the Ghana national team, he has played at the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the 1997 and 1999 World Youth Championships, the 2004 Olympic tournament, and the 2006 World Cup, where the team reached the second round.
It had been reported on Monday September 8th 2008, Stephen Appiah had been spotted at Arsenal’s London Colney Training ground after completing a medical, Appiah is due to be unveiled as an Arsenal player after Ghana’s match with Lesotho. Appiah will wear the number 6 jersey vacated by Philippe Senderos.
Wikipedia is not a source. You or me could edit it and write that. It’s not true Eric. Try and keep on topic.
Thanks. Just out of curiosity.
If you didn’t know you now have to have a certain no of british players in the squad, so many of the kids won’t play they will be warming the bench. This is only for european compitions for now.
I wonder if Wenger will be willing to throw a couple of the young’uns into the FA Cup squad?
Personally I think we may encounter a few teams that will not require the first team.
Whoa Eric! I just looked at it too. Wikipedia has never been wrong for transfers for me. lol but theres a first time for every thing. They know things before it happens all the time. How do they do it.
I would imagine Bischoff doesn’t merit inclusion on the “A” list as we are only allowed 25 players there, of which something like 8 are subject to “local” restrictions of one variey or another, and he wouldn’t qualify for the “B” list either.
Why doesnt the boss give merida a chance…i have seen people being elevated but not him,whats up??
I think there is a restriction in the no of players a team can register for a tournament(30 i suppose). So we can only say they are given squad numbers. Well they have it as soon as they sign professional terms. Correct me if i’m wrong.
eric& others: check that wiki site now!
It had been reported on Monday September 8th 2008, Stephen Appiah had been spotted at Arsenal’s London Colney Training ground after completing a medical, Appiah is due to be unveiled as a Tottenham Hotspur player having snubbed Arsenal after Ghana’s match with Lesotho. Appiah will wear the number 32 jersey vacated by Robbie Keane.
:DDD
It’s all bullshit on wikipedia.
Is the amount of youngsters added in more to do with the fact that we need to keep a cetain amount of ‘English’ players (or foreign but been with the club since a ceratin young age) within our Champions league squad for matches?
Wilshere only signed scholarship terms this summer mate, so it doesn’t apply.
do’nt know if any ones noticed from the UEFA link (http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=52280/competition=1/index.html) that Fran, Coquelin and Bartley are not part of player list B they’re in the same group as the first team……….
Any idea, which of the non-English lads qualify as “Home grown” players???
were’s frimpong in that list
@ kenyan gooner
I wouldn’t take that list seriously
fabregas, clichy, bendtner, Mannone, Song, Senderos, Djourou and Traore all qualify as homegrown with the club. Denilson will also qualify after this season, I think. The rule is that a homegrown player is anybody who has been with the club at least 3 years between the age of 15 and 21. We need 8 players that are homegrown in the country, thereof 4 of them have to be homegrown at the club.
great article j great to see they have been promoted i guess this means a fair few of them will get a chance in carling cup then.
Denilson cant qualify as a homer grown player. NO brazilian can. They are only allowed to move into England after they turn 18. so, they cant complete the necessary 3 years before turning 21.
NOt so sure about Song too.
Birchoff is not in the list because he is been given a chances to shw wt he can do in carling cup and f.a and show is fitness.
Why isn’t Sunu there? He’s been doing well, scoring goals and if he is supposed to be the Next Henry, he must be highly regarded.
i heard a championship club were after rene steer, well thats what my mate told me dunno how much truth is in it, u heard anything J?
sanderson how long was randall n gibbs contracts
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I read at burnley fans site that randall’s contract is 4-year worth 1.75M
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I have a question about ramsey’s status, is he counted as home grown player? you know, cardiff city is a bit special as they plays in english league whilst they belong to walse FA.
I think Merida should be promoted to the first team and get number 23, I think at the moment he can become a good left midfielder like Nasri. With Rosicky not being fit a lot he can be backup for Samir Nasri… what do you think guys?!!
First team:
Almunia
Sagna Touré Gallas Clichy
Walcott Fabregas Denilson Nasri
van Persie Adebayor
Carling cup team and back up:
Fabianski
Eboué Djourou Song Silvestre
Wilshere Ramsey Diaby Merida
Bendtner* Vela
* Untill Dudu is back
Gibbs, Simpson, Randall, Coquelin substitus for the CC team
Rosicky I don’t count a lot on him but I hope he can be of value for us but he would have to fight himself into the first team.
How good is Henri Lansbury? Do u think he can get into the first team squad soon? What I have heard he has a furure in Arsenal
On the Merida-comment:
The numbers isn’t a way of ranking the players, as you can see, they are handed out in alphabetical order as you can see, so it is not that Merida and Simpsons won’t get chances, they just have their names. Same as Gibbs and Randall, both have been given new contracts and feautured on the bench this year, so it is not down the squadnumber if they will get chances or not. But of course, the closer to the senior team they get, the lower number they get. But for now, they aren’t good enough, so they have this reserve-squad-shirt-numbers-order :)
I think vela and wilshire are good enough to play in premier league cos he’s really some sign of improvement Recently…
Sign neo(Matrix) to be the goalkeeper! sign hulk to be center defense! sign professor x to be the strikers!!!!(????)
It is interesting that Eduardo is included in the champions league squad, whilst bischoff is not. I would have thought bischoff would have been match fit well before eduardo? any thoughts J Sanderson?
Eduardo is not in either mate
eduardo is in cl list
http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=52280/competition=1/index.html
Hey Sanderson,
just writing to complain about your RSS feed – do you think you could change the colour of the font in it to something other than white? I can’t read it on any of my RSS readers, especially on the iPhone, which is a bummer…
Cheers,
Droz
maybe wenger believes that whenever they’re fit, eduardo is that player who is gonna make the best impact on the team, and that’s why?
Sanderson,
Please, can you list Arsenal’s 25-man Champions League squad?
A B-listed player is one who is eligible to play for Arsenal for 2 uninterrupted years since 15th birthday. We may have as many B-listed players as we want. Here they are: Djourou, Walcott, Wilshere, Denilson, Fabregas, Gibbs, Randall, Cruise, Dunne, Thomas, Fonte, Hoyte, Lansbury, Murphy, Ogogo, Rodgers, Simpson, Steer, Szczesny, and Watt.
We can have 25 A-listed players. 4 of them must be club-grown (i.e. registered with Arsenal for 3 seasons between 15 and 21). I reckon we have 2: Clichy and Bendtner. Another 4 must be developed in the UK (i.e. registered with an UK club fro 3 seasons since 15th birthday). I reckon we have 3: Mannone, Song and Ramsey. Here are the remaining 17 A-listed players: Almunia, Fabianski, Sagna, Eboue, Toure, Gallas, Silverstre, Diaby, Nasri, Rosicky, Van Persie, Adebayor, Eduardo, Vela, Bartley, Coquelin and Merida
what about nortdveit?
Nordtveit is not in our CL squad. He is loaned out.
Looking forward to this season.. but what happened to Bischoff?
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@Lawrence: With those rules for the A list, does that not mean we do not meet the requirements?