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Fabio Paratici will have to keep a very careful eye on his Tottenham team before transfer deadline day as it will soon be time to name 25-man squads in both ...

If Tottenham are to bring in a new non-homegrown player before the transfer deadline on Thursday, September 1, Paratici and Conte will have to make a total of three transfers or either leave three players out completely. Now having ten homegrown players on the below list for the Premier League, Conte's team would have to go two under the limit of 17 for non-homegrown players and name 15 as a result. Whereas Doherty and Davies are seen as homegrown players in the Premier League, this is not the case in Europe as they learned their trade outside of England. Tottenham also needs to keep an eye on their homegrown numbers, with four spots for 'club trained' players and four for 'association trained' players. In the UEFA competition, clubs also submit a B list for those born on or after January 1, 2001, and registered at the club for an uninterrupted period of two seasons. Loan moves for Gil and Sarr have been mentioned and would help Spurs out if they do indeed move on, while a summer exit for Reguilon, who is not part of Conte's plans, would also help reduce the foreign numbers. It really is a balancing act and something that cannot be taken lightly at all. Rules state that no more than 17 overseas players can be named as part of the 25-man squad, with the remaining eight places available to homegrown players. As ever, Dier's formative years in Portugal mean that despite being an England international, he does not qualify as a homegrown player. However, the numbers could quickly change depending on what happens with incomings and outgoings. While all Spurs fans will hope that a few new signings come in through the door, Perhaps looking like a rather simple task on paper, things have been tricky for