HomeGrown Rule

Richard Scudamore presented the new Homegrown Rule, which will start only in 2010/2011. This will force the teams to have eight home grown players on the 25 player squad. The squad will require 25 players but only 17 of them can be over 21 years old.

"The definition of home grown is trained for three years under the age of 21 by somebody in the English and Welsh professional system", stated Richard Scudamore.

Their are only 2 transfer windows to correct situations not in conformity with the homegrew law. But if Chelsea has the problem they can only hope that FIFA's take the penalty.