Leicester City's 25-man squad published with one space left empty

Odsonne Edouard is on Leicester City's Premier League squad list
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Leicester City have one spare space in their Premier League squad with just 24 players named on their official list for the first half of the season.

The Premier League have now published each club’s squad lists following the deadline on Friday, and City, as expected, have not used their full 25-player allowance. It means they will be able to sign a free agent and add to their squad should they choose, albeit signings before January are not expected.

City have not needed to fill all 25 spots because they have five first-team players eligible for the under-21 list. Abdul Fatawu, Facundo Buonanotte, Bilal El Khannouss, Will Alves, and Michael Golding were all born after January 1, 2003.

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Neither did City have any trouble meeting the homegrown quota. Clubs have to have at least eight players who came through the academy system in England in order to be able to use all 25 spots, with City registering 13 homegrown players.

City did have two players in their development squad who would have needed to be registered to feature in the Premier League this season, but neither have been handed a spot. Midfielder Arjan Raikhy, who made his debut under Enzo Maresca last season, was born in 2002, while striker Nathan Opoku, who is out with a double-leg fracture he suffered on loan at OH Leuven last season, was born in 2001.

While City have 24 players on their first-team list, they have 50 players on their under-21 list, which covers players on professional contracts and scholars. Included on the list are a number of their loaned-out players such as Ben Nelson, Sammy Braybrooke, and Brandon Cover. The full lists can be found below.

City’s senior squad list (* indicates homegrown): Jordan Ayew, Hamza Choudhury*, Conor Coady*, Patson Daka, Bobby De Cordova-Reid*, Odsonne Edouard, Wout Faes, Mads Hermansen, Daniel Iversen*, James Justin*, Victor Kristiansen, Stephy Mavididi*, Kasey McAteer*, Wilfred Ndidi, Caleb Okoli, Ricardo Pereira, Oliver Skipp*, Boubakary Soumare, Jakub Stolarczyk*, Luke Thomas*, Jamie Vardy*, Jannik Vestergaard, Danny Ward*, Harry Winks*.

City’s under-21 squad list: Maxwell Adedeji, Mirsad Ali, Olabade Aluko, Will Alves, Bobby Amartey, Stevie Bausor, Sammy Braybrooke, Logan Briggs, Facundo Buonanotte, Henry Cartwright, Joe Corden, Brandon Cover, Will Daniels, Alpha Diallo, Ryan Donnelly, Jake Donohue, Kaleb Dyke, Bilal El Khannouss, Jake Evans, Oli Ewing, Abdul Fatawu, Alfie Fisken, Harry French, Harvey Godsmark-Ford, Michael Golding, Kevon Gray, Ben Grist, Deniche Hill, Lorenz Hutchinson, Jayden Joseph, Reiss Khela, Josh King, Bartosz Kosiorek, Will Lawrence, Jahmari Lindsay, Liam McAlinney, Lewis McNab, Tommy Neale, Ben Nelson, Laolu Omobolaji, Toby Onanaye, Kirsten Otchere, Louis Page, Kian Pennant, Chris Popov, Amani Richards, Harry Sutherington, Silko Thomas, Tom Wilson-Brown, Joe Wormleighton.

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