While Manchester United were cruising to a 5-2 defeat of  Scunthorpe with an entirely different starting line up to that used against Liverpool on Sunday, ten other Premier League clubs were dropping out of the Carling Cup. Manchester  City were knocked out by West Brom to miss out on their best chance of winning some sort of desperately desired silverware, Liverpool were determined to get to a Wembley final but could not even make it into the fourth round after going out to League Two Northampton at a half empty Anfield while Chelsea, Tottenham, Blackburn, Everton, Bolton, Fulham, Sunderland and Blackpool have  all been eliminated.

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The days of winning the title with little more than a dozen players as Liverpool did in the eighties are long gone. For many years clubs were forced to build large and deep squads in order to have any realistic chance of success but that is now about to change dramatically. As from the beginning of September, every Premier League club must nominate a squad of up to 25 players, of which no more than 17 can be over the age of 21 and not home grown. Will this rule worry Manchester United? The short answer is NO.
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The reluctance by Sir Alex Ferguson to open his cheque book may have got nothing to do with the clubs large debt but simply due to the following new rules – “The Premier League will introduce a squad cap of 25 players and a quota on home grown players from next season. The 20 clubs have agreed the introduction of a home grown player rule which will take effect at the start of the 2010/11 campaign. Clubs must include eight home grown players out of a squad of 25” More Details are available HERE
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The reluctance by Sir Alex Ferguson to open his cheque book may have got nothing to do with the clubs large debt but simply due to the following new rules – “The Premier League will introduce a squad cap of 25 players and a quota on home grown players from next season. The 20 clubs have agreed the introduction of a home grown player rule which will take effect at the start of the 2010/11 campaign. Clubs must include eight home grown players out of a squad of 25” More Details are available HERE
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The many thousands of Manchester United fans who cannot wait to see the back of  a Bulgarian they nicknamed ‘Berbaflop’ will be well advised to remember the Uruguay hitman who was dubbed Diego ‘Forlorn’ during his two and a half years at Old Trafford. Perhaps his 17 goals in a total of 98 appearances warranted his nickname at the time but Forlan has certainly proven his ability to find the net in the five years since.

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The many thousands of Manchester United fans who cannot wait to see the back of  a Bulgarian they nicknamed ‘Berbaflop’ will be well advised to remember the Uruguay hitman who was dubbed Diego ‘Forlorn’ during his two and a half years at Old Trafford. Perhaps his 17 goals in a total of 98 appearances warranted his nickname at the time but Forlan has certainly proven his ability to find the net in the five years since.

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