Arsenal include Deyan Iliev instead of Santi Cazorla in Premier League squad

Arsenal have submitted their Premier League squad for the first half of the season, with the headline news the exclusion of Santi Cazorla.

Cazorla, who is still recovering from a long-term injury, now won’t be eligible to play in the Premier League until January, with Arsenal electing to include U23 goalkeeper Deyan Iliev (who now counts as a senior player) in the squad instead.

Another U23 goalkeeper, Matt Macey, makes the cut.

With the exception of Cazorla, all of Arsenal’s other first-team players who aren’t on loan are included in the squad.

Alex Iwobi, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Jeff Reine-Adelaide are all on the U21 list despite being part of the first-team squad.

Meanwhile, as far as youngsters are concerned, the hugely talented first-year scholar Trae Coyle isn’t included.

 

Arsenal

25 Squad players (*=Home grown)

Akpom, Chuba*
Bellerin, Hector*
Cech, Petr
Chambers, Calum*
Coquelin, Francis*
Debuchy, Mathieu
Elneny, Mohamed Naser Elsayed
Giroud, Olivier
Holding, Robert Samuel*
Iliev, Deyan
Kolasinac, Sead
Koscielny, Laurent
Lacazette, Alexandre
Macey, Matthew Ryan
Mertesacker, Per
Monreal, Ignacio
Mustafi, Shkodran
Ospina, David
Ozil, Mesut
Ramsey, Aaron James*
Sanchez, Alexis
Walcott, Theo James*
Welbeck, Daniel*
Wilshere, Jack Andrew*
Xhaka, Granit

Under-21 players (Contract and Scholars)

Amaechi, Xavier Casmier
Ballard, Daniel George
Balogun, Folarin Jerry
Barden, Daniel
Beckford, Jay Lloyd
Benson, Josh
Bielik, Krystian
Bola, Marc Joel
Bola, Tolaji
Bramall, Cohen
Burton, Robert
Clarke, Harrison Thomas
Crean, Alexander Felix
Daley-Campbell, Vontae
Dasilva, Pelenda Joshua Tunga
Dragomir, Vlad-Mihai
Eyoma, Aaron Jordan
Fortune, Yassin Enzo
Gilmour, Charlie Ian
Huddart, Ryan David
Iwobi, Alex
John-Jules, Tyreece Romayo
Johnson, Chiori
Keto, Hugo Oliver
Maitland-Niles, Ainsley
Mavididi, Stephy Alvaro
McEneff, Jordan John
McGuane, Marcus
McGuinness, Mark James
Medley, Zechariah Joshua Henry
Moore, Tafari Lalibela
Nelson, Reiss
Nketiah, Edward
Nwakali, Kelechi
Olayinka, Olujimi James Ayodele
Olowu, Joseph Olugbenga
Omole, Tobi
Osei-Tutu, Jordi
Pleguezuelo, Julio Jose
Reine-Adelaide, Jeff
Sheaf, Ben
Smith, Matthew Gerrard
Smith Rowe, Emile
Spencer-Adams, Bayli Alexander
Swanson, Zak
Thompson, Dominic
Tormey, Nathan Alexander
Virginia, Joao
Willock, Joseph George
Zelalem, Gedion