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The official 2024/25 Newcastle United Premier League squad has been revealed.
The Premier League making the announcement.
The senior 25 man 2024/25 Newcastle United Premier League squad doesn’t include those counted as Under 21s still, they are additional to the 25.
Each squad contains no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the “Home Grown Player” (HGP) criteria. The rest of the squad, up to a total of 25 players, must be “Home Grown”.
Here is an explanation from the official Premier League site on who exactly qualifies as a ‘Home Grown’ player, also, who qualifies as an Under 21.
What is a ‘Home Grown Player’?
A “Home Grown Player” means a player who, irrespective of 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 entire seasons, or 36 months, before his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21).
A club’s Under-21 players are not included on the 25-man squad lists and are eligible to play in the Premier League.
What constitutes an Under-21 player?
For the 2024/25 Premier League season, Under-21 players will have been born on or after 1 January 2003.’
Premier League official announcement – 13 September 2024:
Newcastle United’s 25-man squad for the first half of the season is as follows:
25 Squad players (*Home grown)
1 Almiron Rejala, Miguel Angel
2 Apolinario De Lira, Joelinton Cassio
3 Barnes, Harvey Lewis*
4 Botman, Sven Adriaan
5 Burn, Daniel Johnson*
6 Dubravka, Martin
7 Gillespie, Mark Joseph*
8 Gordon, Anthony Michael*
9 Guimaraes Rodriguez Moura, Bruno
10 Isak, Alexander
11 Kelly, Lloyd Casius*
12 Krafth, Emil Henry Kristoffer
13 Lascelles, Jamaal*
14 Livramento, Valentino*
15 Longstaff, Sean David*
16 Murphy, Jacob Kai*
17 Pope, Nicholas David*
18 Ruddy, John Thomas Gordon*
19 Schar, Fabian Lukas
20 Targett, Matthew Robert*
21 Tonali, Sandro
22 Trippier, Kieran John*
23 Vlachodimos, Odysseas
24 Willock, Joseph George*
25 Wilson, Callum Eddie Graham*
A few observations…
The current long-term injured Botman and Lascelles are both included, so hopefully the pair of them back playing before the end of 2024.
How many goalkeepers? Just the five, with reports of Odysseas Vlachodimos heading out on loan seemingly not becoming reality.
Isaac Hayden not included, as expected, though as yet he doesn’t appear to have found another club.
Amongst the under 21s who are extra to this 25 man senior squad, there are the likes of Lewis Hall, Lewis and Jamie Miley, Alfie Harrison and Trevan Sanusi, Will Osula, Alex Murphy and summer signing Miodrag Pivas.
U21 players (Contract and Scholars)
1 Anderson, Will Robert
2 Bailey, Scott Patrick
3 Bloomer, Guy Thomas
4 Brayson, Joe
5 Bryant, Thomas Jon
6 Charlton, Dylan Harry
7 Cogdon, Jude Anthony
8 Craggs, Luke Steven
9 Donaldson, Josh Kevin
10 Durrant, Jake Thomas
11 Emerson, Johnny William
12 Epia, Aaron Ovie
13 Finneran, Rory James
14 Hall, Lewis
15 Harris, Aidan Francis
16 Harrison, Adam Alan
17 Harrison, Alfie JJ
18 Heffernan, Cathal Sean
19 Hernes, Travis Enrique
20 Huntley, James Alan
21 Janusz, Adrian Dariusz
22 Johnson, Henry William
23 Jones, Tyler Stuart
24 Kuol, Garang
25 Lucas, Kayden
26 McArthur, Charlie Walter
27 Miley, Jamie
28 Miley, Lewis
29 Munda, Anthony Junior
30 Murphy, Alex
31 Neave, Sean Thomas
32 O’Donovan, Alexander John
33 Osula, William Idamudia Daugaard
34 Palmer, Darren Joseph Zabid
35 Parkinson, Ben
36 Pivas, Miodrag
37 Powell, Harry Llewelyn
38 Powell, Rory Dalgleish
39 Rodrigues Ferreira, Matheos
40 Sanusi, Trevan Farooq
41 Sedibeh Sidibeh, Muhamadou
42 Shahar, Leo Oren
43 Stanton, Ellis Christopher
44 Taylor, James David
45 Taylor, Matthew David
46 Thompson, Ciaran James
47 Thompson, Max Anthony
48 Tika-Lemba, Ezra Gabriel Mekhi
49 Turner-Cooke, Jay
50 Waddani, Mohammed
51 Watts, Logan Mathew
52 Wooster, Kacey Robert Mikie