BREAKING: Chelsea officially confirms new Tuchel’s Premier League squad for the season as two players got new number
Accroding to latest reports, Chelsea have confirmed Thomas Tuchel’s Premier League squad for the 2021-22 Premier League season.
However, Each club may register 25 first team players over the age of 21, of whom a minimum of eight should be homegrown. A ‘homegrown’ player is defined by the Premier League as someone of any nationality who is 21 or older on 1 January 2022 and spent three years between the ages of 16 and 21 attached to an English league team.
Chelsea’s Premier League squad is as follows:
1: Kepa Arrizabalaga
2: Antonio Rudiger
3: Marcos Alonso
4: Andreas Christensen – homegrown
5: Jorginho
6: Thiago Silva
7: N’Golo Kante
8: Mateo Kovacic
9: Romelu Lukaku – homegrown
10: Christian Pulisic
11: Timo Werner
12: Ruben Loftus-Cheek – homegrown
13: Marcus Bettinelli – homegrown
14: Trevoh Chalobah – homegrown
16: Edouard Mendy
17: Saul Niguez
18: Ross Barkley – homegrown
19: Mason Mount – homegrown
20: Callum Hudson-Odoi – under-21
21: Ben Chilwell – homegrown
22: Hakim Ziyech
24: Reece James – homegrown
28: Cesar Azpilicueta
29: Kai Havertz
31: Malang Sarr
32: Lewis Baker – homegrown
36: Lucas Bergstrom – under-21
However, Ross Barkley will wear the number 18 this season for Chelsea, while Lewis Baker will wear the 32 this season.