Liverpool have left Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo out of their 25-man squad for the league section of the Champions League.
Italy ahead Chiesa was additionally initially excluded within the competitors final season underneath former boss Arne Slot, earlier than being added to the record after defender Giovanni Leoni suffered a long-term knee damage in September.
Chiesa, 28, is presently out injured however anticipated to return to coaching in the course of the worldwide break later this month.
He has struggled for first-team soccer at Liverpool since becoming a member of from Juventus in August 2024.
Japan midfielder Endo, 33, has been an unused substitute for supervisor Andoni Iraola’s facet of their two league video games up to now this season, however he misses out too, with 21-year-old James McConnell making the reduce.
Defenders Leoni and Conor Bradley, together with striker Hugo Ekitike, have additionally been included within the Champions League squad, regardless of recovering from long-term accidents.
In his information convention previous to the Premier League recreation in opposition to Ipswich Town on Friday (20:00 BST), Reds boss Iraola stated Leoni may return to coaching in the course of the September worldwide break, however Bradley and Ekitike have been additional away from comebacks.
Liverpool open their Champions League marketing campaign with a house recreation in opposition to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, 9 September (20:00 BST).
Within the Champions League, clubs are allowed to submit a squad of as much as 25 Checklist A gamers and an infinite variety of Checklist B gamers.
At the very least eight locations in Checklist A have to be reserved for homegrown or ‘domestically skilled’ gamers.
