How the Premier League's homegrown player rule is affecting the summer transfer window

英超本土培养球员规则如何影响夏窗转会

By Eduardo Tansley July 21, 2025 12:12 pm

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Arsenal have signed England international Noni Madueke from Chelsea, who bought Brazilian Joao Pedro from Brighton & Hove Albion earlier this month --- but due to Premier League rules, only the latter qualifies as a 'homegrown player'.

阿森纳从切尔西签下了英格兰国脚诺尼·马杜埃凯，而切尔西本月早些时候从布莱顿买入了巴西球员若昂·佩德罗——但根据英超规则，只有后者符合“本土培养球员”的资格。

Nationality and age have nothing to do with being considered a 'homegrown' player, which is defined as one who has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association (FA) or the Football Association of Wales (FAW) for three entire seasons before their 21st birthday, or the end of that same season they turn 21.

国籍和年龄与是否被视为“本土培养”球员无关。该资格定义为：在其21岁生日前（或该球员满21岁赛季结束前），在任何隶属于英格兰足球总会或威尔士足球协会的俱乐部注册满三个完整赛季（无需连续）的球员。租借球员亦可计算在内。

Arsenal's Madueke left Tottenham Hotspur to join Dutch side PSV during his development, and therefore doesn't qualify as homegrown, while Joao Pedro does as he joined Watford at the age of 18.

阿森纳的马杜埃凯在成长阶段离开了托特纳姆热刺加盟荷兰球队埃因霍温，因此不符合本土培养资格；而若昂·佩德罗在18岁时加盟沃特福德，因此符合资格。

So why does this less-discussed quirk to transfer activity matter? Because Premier League clubs will submit a squad list of up to 25 players after the transfer window closes on September 1, and each must contain no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the 'homegrown player' criteria.

那么，为何转会活动中这个较少被讨论的细节如此重要？因为英超俱乐部将在9月1日转会窗关闭后提交一份最多25人的球队名单，且每份名单中不符合“本土培养球员”标准的球员不得超过17人。

So, who classifies as one? Which clubs currently have the most and how could they impact this summer's transfer business?

那么，谁符合资格？哪些俱乐部目前拥有最多的本土培养球员？这又将如何影响今夏的转会运作？

What is a homegrown player?

什么是本土培养球员？

A homegrown player is one of any nationality who has been registered with any club affiliated to the FA or the FAW for three entire seasons --- this doesn't have to be continuous --- before their 21st birthday or the end of that same season they turn 21. They can be loan players.

本土培养球员是指任何国籍、在其21岁生日前（或该球员满21岁赛季结束前），在任何隶属于英格兰足球总会或威尔士足球协会的俱乐部注册满三个完整赛季（无需连续）的球员。租借球员亦可计算在内。

As there are 17 places in a 25-man squad for players who do not qualify as homegrown, this leaves eight slots available for homegrown footballers. However, clubs don't have to fulfil a 25-man squad and therefore may have fewer than 17 non-homegrown players, or fewer than eight homegrown players.

由于在25人名单中，留给非本土培养球员的位置只有17个，这意味着有8个名额可供本土培养球员使用。然而，俱乐部不必凑满25人名单，因此他们可能拥有少于17名非本土培养球员，或者少于8名本土培养球员。

For instance, a club could have a 21-man squad with 16 non-homegrown players and five homegrown. Or they could have a 25-man squad with 20 homegrown players and five non-homegrown. The only restriction is 17 non-homegrown internationals.

例如，一家俱乐部可以拥有一个21人的阵容，包含16名非本土培养球员和5名本土培养球员。或者他们也可以拥有一个25人的阵容，包含20名本土培养球员和5名非本土培养球员。唯一的限制是非本土培养球员不得超过17人。

We also need to be aware of under-21 players who, for the 2025-26 Premier League season, will have been born on or after January 1, 2004.

我们还需注意U21球员，对于2025-26赛季英超而言，这些球员需出生于2004年1月1日或之后。

These players, who can be of any nationality, are eligible to play in England's top flight but do not count towards a 25-man squad list. Once they become 22 or are 21 but born after January 1, they are classified as either homegrown or non-homegrown. A club suffering from a lack of homegrown players would have to rely on under-21 talent on matchdays.

这些球员可以是任何国籍，有资格参加英格兰顶级联赛，但不计入25人名单。一旦他们年满22岁，或年满21岁但生日在1月1日之后，他们将被归类为本土培养或非本土培养球员。缺乏本土培养球员的俱乐部在比赛日将不得不依赖U21球员。

Some managers prefer smaller squads and others larger, but with the workload of several competitions over the season, it is advantageous to have a greater number of players to rely on.

一些主教练偏好较小的阵容，而另一些则偏好较大的阵容，但考虑到整个赛季多线作战的工作量，拥有更多可依赖的球员是有利的。

How many homegrown players did clubs have last season?

上赛季各俱乐部有多少本土培养球员？

In the 2024-25 campaign, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers had the fewest number of homegrown players with seven. Crystal Palace led the way with 15 and Newcastle United were just behind with 14.

在2024-25赛季，阿森纳、利物浦、曼城、曼联和狼队拥有的本土培养球员最少，均为7名。水晶宫以15名本土培养球员位居榜首，纽卡斯尔联队以14名紧随其后。

The table below displays teams that remain in the Premier League from last season and is accurate from the last squad list Premier League sides submitted, following the January transfer window, displaying how their squads looked as they approached this summer.

下表显示了上赛季留在英超的球队，数据基于各英超俱乐部在一月转会窗后提交的最后一份名单，反映了他们今夏转会窗开启前的阵容状况。

Homegrown players by Premier League club 2024-25

2024-25赛季英超俱乐部本土培养球员名单

How does this impact this summer's transfer window?

这如何影响今夏的转会窗？

For the clubs with the fewest number of homegrown players, potential signings with homegrown or under-21 status may appear slightly more favourable. They will also be limited by the cap of 17 non-homegrown internationals and may have to move some of these players on to bring others in.

对于本土培养球员数量最少的俱乐部来说，引进具备本土培养资格或U21身份的潜在球员可能显得更具吸引力。同时，他们也将受到17名非本土培养球员上限的限制，可能需要出售或外租部分此类球员才能引进新援。

The graphic below represents how many non-homegrown players the Premier League clubs have on their books as things stand, with plenty of work still to be done this summer for some. Those with over 17 non-homegrown internationals will need to either sell or loan out players to reach 17, else they risk excluding players from their squad.

下图显示了目前英超俱乐部名册上有多少名非本土培养球员，对于某些俱乐部来说，今夏仍有大量工作要做。那些拥有超过17名非本土培养球员的俱乐部需要出售或外租球员以达到17人的上限，否则他们将面临无法将某些球员注册进名单的风险。

Non-homegrown players at PL clubs

英超俱乐部非本土培养球员

On the opposite end, Everton have only seven non-homegrown players, and 20 players in total, so they have plenty of space for new additions.

在另一端，埃弗顿只有7名非本土培养球员，球员总数也只有20人，因此他们有充足的空间引进新援。

Manchester City have already seen two homegrown players leave this summer in goalkeeper Scott Carson (although he was replaced by Marcus Bettinelli from Chelsea, who fits the category) and Kyle Walker, with the futures of Jack Grealish and James McAtee, who also count, unresolved. Neither Rayan Ait-Nouri nor Tijjani Reijnders are homegrown, and even though fellow summer signing Rayan Cherki is under 21, they are over the cap, with 20 non-homegrown players as things stand.

曼城今夏已有两名本土培养球员离队：门将斯科特·卡森（尽管他被切尔西的马库斯·贝蒂内利取代，后者符合本土培养资格）以及凯尔·沃克。同时，同样符合本土培养资格的杰克·格里利什和詹姆斯·麦卡蒂的未来尚未确定。拉扬·艾特-努里和蒂贾尼·赖恩德斯都不是本土培养球员，即使今夏新援拉扬·切尔基是U21球员，曼城目前仍有20名非本土培养球员，超过了上限。

In this window, Wolves sold two non-homegrown internationals in Matheus Cunha and Ait-Nouri for a combined £95million ($127.4m). This gave them funds to spend, but they still have three too many non-homegrown internationals after signing Fer Lopez from Celta Vigo, and they are close to completing the signing of 27-year-old Jhon Arias from Fluminense.

在这个转会窗，狼队出售了马特乌斯·库尼亚和艾特-努里两名非本土培养国脚，总价9500万英镑。这为他们提供了转会资金，但在签下来自维戈塞尔塔的费尔·洛佩斯后，他们仍然比上限多出三名非本土培养球员。同时，他们接近完成从弗鲁米嫩塞签下27岁的约翰·阿里亚斯。