Over land and sea

The EFL 25 man squads have been announced. EFL squads 25-26 No surprises in the main squad, perhaps other than Ben Reeves' omission. I thought if we had 25 eligible players we had to name them all but seemingly not. The out on loan over 21s (Bella-Kotchap, Bree, Brereton, Ramsdale, Smallbone, Sugawara, Taylor and Wright) are all omitted (which, of course, was (in many cases) one of the reasons to send them out on loan). There are 16 home grown players. In Squad Players (* = home grown) Archer, Cameron Desmond* Armstrong, Adam James* Ayodele-Aribo, Joseph* Azaz, Finn Isaac* Bazunu, Gavin* Charles, Shea Emmanuel* Damascena Santos, Welington Downes, Flynn* Edozie, Samuel Ikechukwu* Edwards, Ronnie Lee* Fellows, Tom Allen* Fraser, Ryan Harwood-Bellis, Taylor* Jander, Casper Kristensen, Elias Jelert Long, George Martin* Manning, Ryan Phelim* Matsuki, Kuryu McCarthy, Alex Simon* Rasmussen, Mads Roerslev Stephens, Jack* Stewart, Ross Cameron Weschenfelder Scienza, Leonardo Wood-Gordon, Nathan Dean Joshua* The under 21 list contains contracted players only (no scholars). All the out on loan U21s are listed (as usual). The only think to note is that Harry Gathercole and Korban McMullan are listed - I wasn't aware they had signed pro contracts so perhaps they will be announced shortly. Under 21 Contract players Akachukwu, Romeo Armitage, Will Awe, Zachariah Boot, Nathanael Joshua Asiimwe Bragg, Cameron Roger Charles, Brandon Davis Daley, Aston Davis, Sonnie Kelvin Dipepa, Baylee Jack Dobson-Ventura, Tommy Eric Downs, Damion Lamar Ehibhatiomhan, Princewill Omonefe Fisher, Hugo Dov Fry, Max Joseph Gathercole, Harry John Jeffries, Josh David Kakay, Sutura Kayi Sanda, Joachim Larios Lopez, Juan McMullan, Korban James Merry, William George Moody, Dylan Lewis Moore, Jayden James O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Joseph Paul Ofuyaekpone-Shombe, Khiani Hrukti Toju Okunola, Abdulhalim Olarewaju Olasubomi Oyekunle, Adetokunbo Adewale Ayomide Quarshie, Joshua Robinson, Jay Steven Rohart-Brown, Thierry David Sesay, Jonathan Moses Momoh Sillah Dibaga, Sufianu Tabares, Samuel Ethan Takaoka, Rento Traore, Daouda Whittaker, Rory Innes Williams, Barnaby Joe There are a further 19 scholars not listed as they are not contracted.

It must be the latter as Newcastle were playing 1 to 11 Line-ups

Squad numbers are being used for the U21s this season for the first time - ones unique to the U21s and unrelated to the first team numbers. There will be others but here are the ones who have played so far: 1 Dylan Moody 3 Max Fry 4 Jayden Moore 5 Tommy Dobson-Ventura 6 Abdulhalim Okonola 8 Moses Sesay 9 Baylee Dipepa (15 in earlier games) 10 Romeo Akachukwu 11 Nicholas Oyekunle 13 Khiani Shombe 14 Sam Tabares 16 Sufianu Sillah Dibaga 18 Aston Daley 19 Barnaby Williams 22 Cam Bragg 26 Will Armitage 28 Rory Whittaker 29 Sutura Kakay 30 Josh Jeffries 31 Dom Ballard

This has been updated to 58 - looks like someone originally mistyped on the OS

I have updated the opening post and compared that with the published lists. A few points to note, mainly relating to the U21s. Sam Amo-Ameyaw is omitted, reflecting RC Strasbourg's obligation to buy this summer Rory MacLeod and Izzet Furkan Malak (who were both loaned in until the end of the season) are in neither list so I've assumed they are not being retained. Same with Grønbæk and Ugochukwu Three players (Sonnie Davis, Will Merry and Khiani Shombe) seem to have had previously unreported contract extensions - I've added them to the growing number of undisclosed contracts Rento Takaoka was not included on either list. Neither was Joshua Quashie but he doesn't join until 1 July. If you include Takaoka and Quashie we've currently got 75 players on the books. Clearly that number will fluctuate significantly over the summer.

I have updated the opening post for the 2025-26 season and will keep it updated over the summer following the retained/released lists and further departures/additions.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/4243590 Updated squad list. From a quick skim we seem to have included Ollie Wright rather than Ben Reeves in the 25 even though he is out on loan. Reeves and loaned out quartet of Bazunu, Armstrong, Brerton Diaz and Juan all omitted. No real surprises in U21 list apart from Nico Lawrence’s continued exclusion. Loaned out players otherwise included. Jem Hewlett and Josh Potts (latter has signed for Ipswich) are omitted - I noticed the former had been removed from the OS recently so it seems he has moved on. One scholar also omitted so presumably has moved on - Nsemi Bassega. 25 Squad players (*Home grown) 1 Archer, Cameron Desmond* 2 Ayodele-Aribo, Joseph* 3 Bednarek, Jan 4 Bella-Kotchap, Armel 5 Bree, James Patrick* 6 Damascena Santos, Welington 7 Downes, Flynn* 8 Erlykke, Albert Gronbaek 9 Fraser, Ryan 10 Harwood-Bellis, Taylor* 11 Lallana, Adam* 12 Lumley, Joseph Patrick* 13 Manning, Ryan Phelim* 14 McCarthy, Alex Simon* 15 Onuachu, Ebere Paul 16 Ramsdale, Aaron* 17 Smallbone, William Anthony Patrick* 18 Stephens, Jack* 19 Stewart, Ross Cameron 20 Sugawara, Yukinari 21 Sulemana, Kamaldeen 22 Taylor, Charles James* 23 Walker-Peters, Kyle Leonardus* 24 Wood-Gordon, Nathan Dean Joshua* 25 Wright, Oliver* U21 players (Contract and Scholars) 1 Abu, Derrick 2 Adjei-Afriyie, Hansel 3 Akachukwu, Romeo 4 Amo-Ameyaw, Samuel Christian Osaze K O 5 Armitage, Will 6 Awe, Zachariah 7 Ballard, Dominic 8 Boot, Nathanael Joshua Asiimwe 9 Bragg, Cameron Roger 10 Charles, Brandon Davis 11 Charles, Shea Emmanuel 12 Daley, Aston Robert 13 Davis, Sonnie Kelvin 14 Dibling, Tyler-Jay 15 Dipepa, Baylee Jack 16 Dobson-Ventura, Tommy Eric 17 Edozie, Samuel Ikechukwu 18 Edwards, Ronnie Lee 19 Ehibhatiomhan, Princewill Omonefe 20 Espanha Fernandes, Mateus Goncalo 21 Frederick, Cameron Joseph 22 Fry, Max Joseph 23 Gathercole, Harry John 24 Goremusandu, Tinotenda Blessing 25 Jeffries, Josh David 26 Kayi Sanda, Joachim 27 Larios Lopez, Juan 28 Lett, Joshua Matthew 29 MacLeod, Rory Iain 30 Malak, Izzet Furkan 31 Martin, James Luke 32 Matsuki, Kuryu 33 McMullan, Korban James 34 McNamara, Joshua Anthony 35 Merry, William George 36 Mohamed, Adli Hatim Othman Husain Elkhidir 37 Moody, Dylan Lewis 38 Moore, Jayden James 39 Myers, Brook Cameron Reeco 40 Myers, Tevin Diego 41 Newman, Oliver Jacob 42 O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Joseph Paul 43 Ofuyaekpone-Shombe, Khiani Hrukti Toju 44 Okunola-Matthews, Abdulhalim Olarewaju Olasubomi 45 Oyekunle, Adetokunbo Adewale Ayomide 46 Payne, Lewis James 47 Prescott, Alfie Leo 48 Robinson, Jay Steven 49 Rohart-Brown, Thierry David 50 Sesay, Jonathan Moses Momoh 51 Sheaf, Benjamin Michael 52 Sillah Dibaga, Sufianu 53 Tabares, Samuel Ethan 54 Traore, Daouda 55 Udoh, Victor 56 Ugochukwu, Chimuanya Lesley 57 Umeh, Leo Chidiebere 58 Upstell, Henry William 59 Williams, Barnaby Joe

Yes all clubs are required to provide updated squad lists following closure of the transfer windows. I can’t find a specific deadline in the PL rules but I would imagine it would be today or tomorrow (Euro competitions deadline is 6 Feb). The PL usually publishes the revised lists a day or two after the submission deadline. We should have a full 25 man squad - see first team list in post 1. I imagine Ben Reeves will have to be included and the 5 loaned out over 21s omitted but we will see.

Confirmation of our 25 man squad and (almost) full list of U21 players. https://www.premierleague.com/news/4110099 The following are omitted from the 25 man squad Gavin Bazunu (injured) Ben Reeves (brought in to support youth players) Oli Wright (loaned out) Juan (loaned out) Nico Lawrence is omitted from the U21 list. Odd. There are two scholars on the list that have not been announced by the club (as far as I know): Oli Newman and Tinotenda Goremusandu 25 Squad players (*Home grown) 1 Archer, Cameron Desmond* 2 Armstrong, Adam James* 3 Ayodele-Aribo, Joseph* 4 Bednarek, Jan 5 Bella-Kotchap, Armel 6 Bree, James Patrick* 7 Brereton, Benjamin Anthony* 8 Cornet, Gnaly Albert Maxwel 9 Downes, Flynn* 10 Fraser, Ryan 11 Harwood-Bellis, Taylor* 12 Lallana, Adam* 13 Lumley, Joseph Patrick* 14 Manning, Ryan Phelim* 15 McCarthy, Alex Simon* 16 Onuachu, Ebere Paul 17 Ramsdale, Aaron* 18 Smallbone, William Anthony Patrick* 19 Stephens, Jack* 20 Stewart, Ross Cameron 21 Sugawara, Yukinari 22 Sulemana, Kamaldeen 23 Taylor, Charles James* 24 Walker-Peters, Kyle Leonardus* 25 Wood-Gordon, Nathan Dean Joshua* U21 players (Contract and Scholars) 1 Abu, Derrick 2 Adjei-Afriyie, Hansel 3 Akachukwu, Romeo 4 Amo-Ameyaw, Samuel Christian Osaze K O 5 Armitage, Will 6 Awe, Zachariah 7 Ballard, Dominic 8 Bassega, Nsemi Sostene 9 Boot, Nathanael Joshua Asiimwe 10 Bragg, Cameron Roger 11 Buck, Noel Arthur Coleman 12 Charles, Brandon Davis 13 Charles, Shea Emmanuel 14 Daley, Aston Robert 15 Davis, Sonnie Kelvin 16 Dibling, Tyler-Jay 17 Dipepa, Baylee Jack 18 Dobson-Ventura, Tommy Eric 19 Edozie, Samuel Ikechukwu 20 Edwards, Ronnie Lee 21 Ehibhatiomhan, Princewill Omonefe 22 Espanha Fernandes, Mateus Goncalo 23 Frederick, Cameron Joseph 24 Fry, Max Joseph 25 Gathercole, Harry John 26 Goremusandu, Tinotenda Blessing 27 Hewlett, Jeremiah James 28 Jeffries, Josh David 29 Larios Lopez, Juan 30 Lett, Joshua Matthew 31 MacLeod, Rory Iain 32 Martin, James Luke 33 Matsuki, Kuryu 34 McMullan, Korban James 35 McNamara, Joshua Anthony 36 Merry, William George 37 Mohamed, Adli Hatim Othman Husain Elkhidir 38 Moody, Dylan Lewis 39 Moore, Jayden James 40 Myers, Brook Cameron Reeco 41 Myers, Tevin Diego 42 Newman, Oliver Jacob 43 O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Joseph Paul 44 Ofuyaekpone-Shombe, Khiani Hrukti Toju 45 Okunola-Matthews, Abdulhalim Olarewaju Olasubomi 46 Oyekunle, Adetokunbo Adewale Ayomide 47 Payne, Lewis James 48 Pitts, Joshua Nathaniel 49 Prescott, Alfie Leo 50 Robinson, Jay Steven 51 Rohart-Brown, Thierry David 52 Sesay, Jonathan Moses Momoh 53 Sheaf, Benjamin Michael 54 Sillah Dibaga, Sufianu 55 Tabares, Samuel Ethan 56 Traore, Daouda 57 Ugochukwu, Chimuanya Lesley 58 Umeh, Leo Chidiebere 59 Upstell, Henry William 60 Williams, Barnaby Joe

Looks like this is our 25 man squad. It seems the EFL rule that any loan player (regardless of age) has to be included in the list doesn’t apply in the PL. McCarthy Walker-Peters Manning Downes Stephens Harwood-Bellis Aribo Smallbone Armstrong Lallana Stewart Lumley Bree Wood Sugawara Brereton Diaz Archer Sulemana Taylor Cornet Fraser Ramsdale Onuachu Bednarek Bella-Kotchap Not included Bazunu (injured) Reeves (brought in to support youth players) Wright (loaned out) Juan (loaned out)

We still need to do a little bit of work on the outgoings to get our over 21 squad down to the 25 man maximum. There are 30 players that qualify at the moment, with the next likely arrival (Fernandes) qualifying as an U21. Two of the 30 are out on loan and Ben Reeves wasn't added as a potential PL starter. Mara seems set to leave so, if that happens, that leaves just one more to go (or more if we add further new over 21 players). Bella-Kotchap, Alcaraz and Onuachu are the next most likely to be sold. I suppose Bazunu doesn't need to be named for the first half of the season given his long term injury status. McCarthy Walker-Peters Manning Downes Stephens Harwood-Bellis Aribo Smallbone Armstrong Lallana Stewart Lumley Bree Wood Sugawara Brereton Diaz Mara Archer Sulemana Taylor Alcaraz Lis Bazunu Onuachu Bednarek Ugochukwu (U21 but loaned in so has to be named in 25 man squad) Bella-Kotchap Reeves (brought in to support youth players) Wright (loaned out) Juan (loaned out)

7 were out of contract so not surprising that some will be leaving. That retained list published today says it was correct as of 18 May - so sounds like it is out of date already

https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04353ec0-24df-11ef-b4b6-4382bb2cf5f6.pdf Retained list published. Adams, McCarthy and Harwood-Bellis omitted for obvious reasons. No scholars released interestingly. Contract Abu, Derrick Alcaraz Duran, Carlos Jonas Amo-Ameyaw, Samuel Christian Osaze K O Armitage, Will Armstrong, Adam James Awe, Zachariah Ayodele-Aribo, Joseph Ballard, Dominic Bazunu, Gavin Bednarek, Jan Bella-Kotchap, Armel Boot, Nathanael Joshua Asiimwe Bragg, Cameron Roger Bree, James Patrick Caleta-Car, Duje Charles, Brandon Davis Charles, Shea Emmanuel Davis, Sonnie Kelvin Dibling, Tyler-Jay Dobson-Ventura, Tommy Eric Edozie, Samuel Ikechukwu Edwards, Milan Diamond Lazane Ehibhatiomhan, Princewill Omonefe Evangelista Silveira, Lyanco Hewlett, Jeremiah James Jeffries, Josh David Larios, Lopez Juan Lawrence, Nico Lett, Joshua Matthew Lis, Mateusz Lumley, Joseph Patrick Manning, Ryan Phelim Mara, Sekou McNamara, Joshua Anthony Meghoma, Jayden Ade Trindade Merry, William George Mohamed, Adli Hatim Othman Husain Moore, Jayden James O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Joseph Paul Onuachu, Ebere Paul Oyekunle, Adetokunbo Adewale Payne, Lewis James Perraud, Romain Paul Jean Michel Smallbone, William Anthony Patrick Stephens, Jack Stewart, Ross Cameron Sulemana, Kamaldeen Walker-Peters, Kyle Leonardus Williams, Barnaby Joe Wright, Oliver Scholars Andrews, Joseph Daniel Bailey, Isaac Joseph Daley, Aston Robert Edmondson, Tyler James Evans, Reggie James Fry, Max Joseph Hartness, Ethan Andre Thomas Martin, James Luke Myers, Tevin Diego Okunola-Matthews, Abdulhalim Olarewaju Pitts, Joshua Nathaniel Prescott, Alfie Leo Robinson, Jay Steven Sesay, Jonathan Moses Momoh Sheaf, Benjamin Michael Sillah, Dibaga Sufianu Stepien Iwumene, Emeka Alex Upstell, Henry William

Updated squad lists have been published on the EFL website https://www.efl.com/news/2024/february/08/efl-squad-list--season-2023-24/ Over 21s (*=home grown) Adams, Che Zach Everton Fred* Armstrong , Adam James* Armstrong, Stuart Ayodele-Aribo, Joseph* Bednarek, Jan Bree, James Patrick* Brooks, David Robert* Djalo, Ussumane ++ Downes, Flynn* Fraser, Ryan Harwood-Bellis, Taylor Jay* ++ Lumley, Joseph Patrick* Manning, Ryan Phelim* McCarthy, Alex Simon* Rothwell, Joseph Matthew* Smallbone, William Anthony Patrick* Stephens, Jack* Stewart, Ross Cameron Vokins, Jake* Walker-Peters, Kyle Leonardus* ++Although qualify as U21s, any loaned in player must be listed in the 25 man squad Under 21 Contract players Abu, Derrick Alcaraz Duran, Carlos Jonas Amo-Ameyaw, Samuel Christian Osaze K O Armitage, Will Awe, Zachariah Ballard, Dominic Bazunu, Gavin Boot, Nathanael Joshua Asiimwe Bragg, Cameron Roger Carson, Matthew Charles, Shea Emmanuel Davis, Sonnie Kelvin Dibling, Tyler-Jay Dobson-Ventura, Tommy Eric Edozie, Samuel Ikechukwu Edwards, Milan Diamond Lazane Ehibhatiomhan, Princewill Omonefe Hewlett, Jeremiah James Jeffries, Josh David Larios Lopez, Juan Lawrence, Nico Lett, Joshua Matthew Mara, Sekou McNamara, Joshua Anthony Meghoma, Jayden Ade Trindade Merry, William George Mohamed, Adli Hatim Othman Husain Elkhidir Moore, Jayden James O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Joseph Paul Payne, Lewis James Pearce, Luke Edward Andrew Simeu, Dynel Brown Kemgo Sulemana, Kamaldeen Williams, Barnaby Joe Wright, Oliver A few points to note: Six over 21s who are out on loan are omitted while seven under 21s who are on loan are listed Brandon Charles is omitted from the U21 list although he has signed a pro deal. Nick Oyakunle's new contract came too late for him to make it to the U21 list (although Jeffries is included) The under 21 list includes contracted players only - a further 19 scholars that have not yet signed pro deals are omitted (as well as Oyakunle/Brandon Charles). Interesting to see Aldi Mohamed listed - it seems he has signed a pro deal. He signed an extension to his scholarship last summer.

You're welcome. Yes I think he's in line to join as a 1st yeat scholar in the summer, which is why he's not listed on the OS either. Last year I added a list of those pre-scholars that had played for the U18s (or U21s) - I will do that when I get a moment. That list will form the bulk of next year's first year scholars