Arsène Wenger has confirmed the Premier League's new ‘homegrown rule' will not affect Arsenal.
However the manager is still against the new squad rules as he believes it could compromise the quality of football in England's top flight.
Under the new regulations each Premier League club will have to name a first-team squad of no more than 25 players, of which a maximum of 17 may not be homegrown players. Players born on or after January 1, 1989 do not need to be registered as part of the 25-man squad.
Arsenal's current first-team squad contains 26 players, of which 13 are counted as homegrown, and seven are Under-21s.
Nonetheless, Wenger is not in favour of the new ruling. Speaking during the weekend's trip to Poland, the manager explained why.
"The homegrown rule will not affect us," he said. "But I feel that when you want to be the best league in the world the restriction is bad.
"The only focus for me in life has to be quality in a competitive world and not [your] passport or where you have been educated.
"What is most important is that if you are good enough you can play where you want. If you want to be the best league in the world you have to respect that."
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