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It was win win really.

So it looks like Chelsea have picked Sarr and Chalobah to start today against Spurs. Both were in the first team squad yesterday, Sarr came on in the 87th min and Chalobah was an unused sub. So not the wholesale changes that Tuchel was hinting at. Although this appears to be Sarr and Chalobah's...

It's difficult to police, Chelsea could bring in Mount, Pulisic, Hudon-Odoi, Sarr, Chalobah, Havertz and James without using any overage players. Maybe the rules need modifying so that if someone has played a certain number of first team games then they count as an over-age player no matter how...

We've previously had Crofts and Dicker as overage players, but they were specificly employed by the club as overage player coaches for the U23 squad. Other clubs have done this, former loan signing Paul McShane fills a similar role for Man Utd now. Other than Jurgen Locadia, who played 61 mins...

The 3 overage outfield players has been in place ever since the revamp of youth football in 2016 which saw the creation of Premier League 2 and the raising of the age limit so it became an U23's competition. I believe similar rules were in place to allow overage players in the U21 games that...

Exactly, this is effectively reserve team football now, but with more emphasis on giving youngsters a better development.

The cut off for this season was players born on or after 1st January 1998, so you can add Mwepu to the list of those above that are eligible to play. The rule is mainly in place so clubs can use U23 games for overage players to gain match fitness after injury.