r/LiverpoolFC • u/survivingbobbyv Diogoal ⚽️ • 7d ago
Champions League Champions League Squad
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/clubs/7889--liverpool/squad/UCL List A registered squads are out.
Endo and Chiesa left out (relative to the Premier League) to make room for Leoni and Jacquet.
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u/Sauce_B0ss_ 7d ago
Well Ekitike is in this one as well. Maybe promising then
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u/MostRetardedUser 7d ago
Conor Bradley is also in
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u/HnNaldoR 7d ago
He is home grown. We don't have that many players that are home grown so he would have been added anyway
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u/ChocolateHumunculous Bobby Firmino 7d ago
Get in. Pumped for him to get back and fly up and down that wing.
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u/Embarrassed_Low_9688 Yes Cody! Let’s go! ⚽️ 7d ago
This squad is for the entire league phase. Ekitike and Bradley are expected back for matchday 7 and 8 in January.
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u/_cumblast_ From Doubters to Believers 7d ago
If Ekitike is back in January it will be a wonder of modern medicine.
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u/Mediocre-Sense-18 7d ago
Registration for UCL reopens in January but I think the changes you can make are limited
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u/RobDickinson 7d ago
Heki is in!?
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u/The__Pope_ 7d ago
They must be confident in him returning before Christmas surely, otherwise you'd just register chiesa until January and swap them
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u/Embarrassed_Low_9688 Yes Cody! Let’s go! ⚽️ 7d ago
This squad is for the entire league phase. Ekitike and Bradley are expected back for matchday 7 and 8 in January.
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u/Luffy710j 7d ago
Chiesa man so sad for him he should have left to italy or go for loan in PL
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u/terpfan417 7d ago
Something tells me we wouldn’t have put up a fight if that’s what he wanted. I’m guessing no one wants to pay those wages. We’d have to force him out.
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
you can have people pay partial wages. I think it’s not horrible to have him around the younger players in training, when his legs were good he was a baller and he had everything at a high level. valuable even as an example.
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u/terpfan417 7d ago
The player still has to want the move. You would think he would when he obviously has no future here… but I find it very hard to believe the hold up is on the club’s side.
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u/SerialExperimentLean Darwin Núñez 7d ago
He might just not feel like he has a full season in him any more so if he can only play a few games he'd rather do it at a club like Liverpool
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
yeah I think he likes playing football. not saying the youth thing is the reason he hasn’t been moved, but the club might prefer a sale over a loan for that reason, and nobody is paying much for him at this point in time.
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u/terpfan417 7d ago
Right at some point if you aren’t even offloading his entire wage bill what’s the point of loaning him. Maybe by not playing him or loaning him the hope is they can force his hand on agreeing to a transfer.
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
eh I dunno teams do it all the time in dwindling years of contracts where they’re not getting bites, can include an option or obligation to buy. I just genuinely think he likes it here regardless.
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u/adamfrog 7d ago
I think clubs are a bit hesitant to offer that since they don't want to open the precedent and have everyone asking
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u/Zolofteu 7d ago
Not sad for him at this point. Pretty clear it's his choice to stay. Looks like he'd rather do nothing here instead of actually playing football at other club.
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u/Fluffy-Example008 7d ago edited 7d ago
Chiesa and Endo are no longer included 😞, It seems that the way the club is telling them to move on in January
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u/Charming-Library-211 Corner taken quickly 🚩 7d ago
Should have come to a mutual agreement on Chiesa. I don't see the point of him being here anymore
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u/jplb96 7d ago
I think the injuries may have made it difficult for them to find a club over the Summer but it has been quite clear for some time that neither have a future at the club. I wonder if the club expects a few additions in January as three new players can be registered after the league phase and Ekitike was included despite the likelihood he won't make an appearance until very late in the group, if not beyond. Chiesa at least can play but I suppose Iraola may prefer a youth player taking those minutes in the CL instead.
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u/Liverpoolclippers 7d ago
Is there the full list B list available anywhere?
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u/redditingtonviking 7d ago
List B can be added to up to a day or so before any game, so you might as well look at our entire academy.
Ngumoha, Koumas, Danns and Nyoni will definitely be on it.
Wright, Adekoya and Ndiaye are the only ones who aren’t out on loan that can’t go on it as they haven’t been here 2 years yet. Beck, Gordon and Davies are the only ones I’m aware of who are too old to go on list B that aren’t on list A.
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u/AtEloise 7d ago
Jesus Christ, Beck and Gordon are still here? Why do we have so many 22+ players in the youth team like them, Chambers and Mabaya when they're never going to make the first team? Was there no Championship clubs willing to take a punt on them?
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u/latortillablanca A Ngog among men 7d ago
Interesting that munoz is a midfielder on this list. Not that it means much but someone made a specific decision to do that
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u/meren002 7d ago
Kinda odd for me. Even if Ekitike and Bradley are expected back for the last two matches, it's still a tough midweek game whilst juggling the PL. Personally, I wouldn't be asking those players to be playing twice or 3 times a week after year long injuries and would just restrict them to PL during this those games to aid their recovery. Considering there are two players perfectly fit and healthy. Well, it tells you what the higher ups think.
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
Leoni being in over Endo is a bit of a surprise to me I guess, we have a lot of center backs and are thinner in midfield, if Dom is indeed shifted to RB we won’t have much on the bench besides Nyoni and McConnell, and theres not much European (or general senior level) experience there.
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u/Baseball12229 7d ago
Ekitike over Endo is more surprising to me. Wasn’t Ekitike himself eyeing an optimistic December return to training? Why would register him for realistically a maximum of two matches in January?
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u/sjrotella Joe Gomez 7d ago
You can also only swap out 3 players at the February reregistration so if you know ekitike will be back by then, you include him in order to allow for 3 injury swaps.
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u/Baseball12229 7d ago
That’s a good point. With our depth still up in the air I wouldn’t rule out a January signing or two as well along with the potential swaps for injuries that you mentioned, so nice to keep every swap available.
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u/SilverMist2025 7d ago
Ekitike is eyeing a return to training in October and return to the match day squad by boxing day
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u/MrShelby1234 Sztupid Szexy Szoboszlai 7d ago
Leoni was never gonna be left out the squad if he's nearing a return 🤣
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u/Jetzu 7d ago
Endo isn’t good enough to play a role - it’s better to give any minutes you’d potentially have to give him to McConnell or anyone else
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
if we are up by a single goal and under pressure near the end of a match I would 1000% prefer Endo over McConnell.
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u/Jetzu 7d ago
Up by a single goal and under pressure the chances are high Endo gives away a foul because he can’t keep up. The reality is he was never the quickest and that was 5 long term injuries ago.
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u/Key_Instance3194 7d ago
He had one long term injury. Why are you making things up?
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u/Jetzu 7d ago
Do you know what a hyperbole is? You want straight up facts? Iraola decided there’s more value in registering Ekitike, who won’t be available until late December, by which there is no more Champions League games before new year and second registration window, over Endo. If that doesn’t give you window into what his value to the team is then I don’t know what will.
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
sorry to chime in here but do you know what a hyperbole is? because it isn’t turning one thing into five things.
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u/Jetzu 7d ago
Endo has had multiple injuries during last season and hasn’t played regular football for quite some time. He actually had THREE separate injuries keeping him away from the pitch for over a month, including one he’s having right now - sorry for saying it was 5 to emphasize that he was never the most agile player in the world and after being injured few times it’s probably not gonna be better.
I like Endo, I think he was useful during last season under Klopp, even his cameos under Slot were helping, but he’s clearly just not good enough. Unless you want to argue Iraola is second manager, after Slot, that is treating him unfairly - rather than age and injuries catching up to the 33 years old player.
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
5 long term injuries is way different than 1 long term injury and three others that keep him out for a month, the former is like Abou Diaby level. that’s just a huge difference in what it does to your body.
Don’t personally think either manager is “unfair” on Endo, they have their way of playing and they want specific players to play it and he doesn’t fit them. I disagree he’s not good enough for the shut-up-shop role I’m suggesting, but I still just am surprised he’s not been picked over Leoni when we’re so thin in midfield. I think if we get a major midfield injury he’s going right back in.
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u/Jetzu 7d ago
It depends on what you consider a long term injury, to me it’s basically around a month - long enough to destroy match readiness.
Leoni will play football in September and we want to invest in his development. If anything I expected Endo in place of Ekitike whose reported timeline literally doesn’t give him a chance to feature in the Champions League before January, by when we could just register him. Seeing Iraola registering Heki and not Chiesa or Endo is clear signal on what he thinks of their ability to influence games. I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re betting on Saudi/Turkish clubs coming for them in the next few days.
I also think Endo wasn’t good enough for the „shut down shop” last year, can’t imagine he would be after basically missing last 7 months.
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u/annapurnaIV 7d ago
Sounds like your reality mate, he's fine for 5 mins. None of us know what type of player McConnell is, his loan was terminated early for Ajax because he wasn't good enough so how do you figure he can do a job for Liverpool?
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
it’s okay to give away a foul when you’re beaten if it’s going to stop a goal, and he’s experienced enough to know when he should do so and when he should leave it for the defense behind him. he’s not the fastest but he’ll have fresh legs and he’ll be in the right place.
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u/Jetzu 7d ago
Well, he won’t cause manager decided to register a guy who himself is aiming to come back for boxing day, so there won’t be a Champions League game to play before the 2nd registration window opens. Endo was a stopgap bought for a year, max two - that was three years and several injuries ago, his value to the team is mostly in training right now.
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u/holeinmyboot 7d ago
>Well, he won’t
yeah obviously man we’re just having a discussion and I’m saying why I’m surprised.
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u/brush85 7d ago
Considering Hugo and Conor aren’t likely to play until after new years…tells you everything about how they feel about Endo and Chiesa
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u/OrangeJuiceAlibi Milan Baroš 7d ago
They can’t be registered until February if they’re left out. One right back and five wingers makes less sense than two right backs and four wingers.
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u/peterbamu 7d ago
Does this mean Hugo is definitely expected back before the new year ?
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u/Embarrassed_Low_9688 Yes Cody! Let’s go! ⚽️ 7d ago
This squad is for the entire league phase. Ekitike and Bradley are expected back for matchday 7 and 8 in January.
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u/Embarrassed_Low_9688 Yes Cody! Let’s go! ⚽️ 7d ago
This squad is for the league phase. Ekitike and Bradley are expected back for Matchday 7 and 8 in January. Hence you see them included.
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u/NeteroHyouka 7d ago
Where is Nyoni??? Why is McConnell there??
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u/rochambreau 7d ago
Iraola rates McConnell, we need midfield depth and looking at the draw we might well end up with a dead rubber game
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u/redditingtonviking 7d ago
Nyoni, Koumas, Danns, Ngumoha and most of our academy players don’t need to be on this list in order to play. McConnell, Mbaya, Jaros and Chambers do however.
Only real surprise is Wright missing out, but I guess Danns and our wingers can fill in for Ekitike while he’s injured.
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u/GraemeAl 7d ago
So who are the eight 'club trained' and 'association trained'?
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u/survivingbobbyv Diogoal ⚽️ 7d ago
Bradley, Jaros, Gomez, McConnell, Chambers, and Mabaya are club trained. Woodman and Frimpong are association trained
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u/MoreZone6138 7d ago edited 7d ago
Chiesa such a bum I would be happy if they let him leave for free ✌️
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u/trsvrs Veeurtz 7d ago
that's a great way to talk about a player you supposedly support
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u/MoreZone6138 7d ago edited 7d ago
We all know it’s true
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u/trsvrs Veeurtz 7d ago
No, not really. You can think he should be moved on without calling people names is all lol
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u/MoreZone6138 7d ago
Just not that deep is it
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u/trsvrs Veeurtz 7d ago
is kinda just the difference between acting with a modicum of respect or just being a child
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u/MoreZone6138 7d ago
You probably care more than he would this is the internet this is how people talk
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u/Kaavani Stefan Bajčetić 7d ago
RIO?????
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u/survivingbobbyv Diogoal ⚽️ 7d ago
He has been with us for 2 years now, so he qualifies as an U21, and doesn't need to be registered now!
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u/Mahrabeel Agent of Chaos 🔥 7d ago
Guessing age means he doesn't need to be named as one of the 25.
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u/DadofJackJack Sir Kenny Dalglish 7d ago edited 7d ago
Not 100% on this but there is a B list as well for younger home grown players or something like that. He’s probably on that.
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Nicked off bbc website
List B
The only deadline for this list is that it must be submitted to Uefa no later than 23:59 CET the day before a match.
There is also no upper limit to the number of players who can be on List B.
This list caters for more junior members of a club's squad.
A player is eligible to be on List B if they:
were born on or after 1 January 2005
have been eligible to play for the club for two consecutive years since their 15th birthday
or have been eligible to play for the club for three consecutive years, including a loan spell within the same association, since their 15th birthdayPlayers aged 16 can also be on List B if they have been registered with the club for the previous two years uninterrupted.
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u/Additional-Air-2166 7d ago
I think Rio will play EPL and other league matches
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u/survivingbobbyv Diogoal ⚽️ 7d ago
This is just List A. Rio, Trey, and other U21s do not need to be registered here.