Under the '25 Player Rule', 'home-grown' players are defined as those who "irrespective of nationality or age, have been affiliated to the FA or Welsh FA for a period of three seasons or 36 months prior to 21st birthday." Clubs can supplement their squads with unlimited numbers of players under the age of 21.

kakuta, borini, van aanholt is not is not obligated by 25 players rule since they are below 21 years old.. if I'm not mistaken, all team can have infinite number of player below 21 to play in the league..
http://www.soccerphile.com/25-player-rule/

Yeah man, hopefully this doesn't end up as another Robinhogate. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this!

Santos president Luis Alvaro Ribeiro is considering reporting Chelsea to Fifa regarding the Premier League club's pursuit of Neymar. Chelsea are keen to bring the highly-rated striker to Stamford Bridge, but their approach has incurred the wrath of Ribeiro. Reports have claimed that representatives of Chelsea met with Neymar's agent and family in New York earlier this week ahead of Brazil's friendly against the USA. Neymar opened the scoring in Brazil's 2-0 win to further enhance his reputation and there have subsequently been claims he has agreed personal terms with Chelsea. However, Ribeiro insists Santos have not accepted any offer from the Blues and he is now weighing up whether to pursue the matter with Fifa. Harassment "The club have made a formal offer that was rejected outright," Ribeiro told a news conference. "But the harassment has continued. "In light of the ethical positions that should govern the relationship between clubs, that is totally intolerable and Santos will defend its interests before Fifa." Neymar does have a buy-out clause in his current contract which stands at €35million (£28.8m), while Chelsea have reportedly only offered €20million (£16.5m) to date. Ribeiro is aware Santos can do nothing to stop Neymar leaving if the clause is activated, but is adamant no meaningful talks have taken place with Chelsea. He added: "Yesterday, there was a telephone call. They got in touch with my secretary and asked for our fax number. "That does not mean the opening for trading. Santos has no interest in negotiating over Neymar for any money. "The contract between the player and the club has a compensation clause. If the clause is satisfied, we can not do anything."

a sudden fascination with brazilians at chelsea i see. too bad bella couldn't be here to be a full time translator. 
ichi, don't get us excited about neymar just yet! its still goal.com. although deep down i really really want to believe it. 
what alovely controlled header to score against the u.s.a.

nicely weighted pass by ramires for pato's goal too. not a difficult one, but its good to see him really high up the pitch helping in attack. can't wait to see him interchanging positions with the bison. wonder if he had a word with neymar......see what u did ichi! 

Don't worry Alex will do the translator job just fine!

Goals.com cannot be trusted for sure. Waiting for BBC now or best of all official webby.

can't wait for the campaign to start. hopefully ramires arrived by then.

so far till today, cork has went on loan to burnley and rajkovic has been released as a free agent. ramires should be revealed within these few days and there are possibilities of neymar joining us

damn it all looks good in the transfer window.

i can sense the arrival of ramires & neymar....

so far till today, cork has went on loan to burnley and rajkovic has been released as a free agent. ramires should be revealed within these few days and there are possibilities of neymar joining us

damn it all looks good in the transfer window.

sauce http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/au...fica-midfielder