{"id":61260,"date":"2025-09-05T20:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/surprising-omissions-in-uefa-champions-league-squads"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:58:55","slug":"surprising-omissions-in-uefa-champions-league-squads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/surprising-omissions-in-uefa-champions-league-squads","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Omissions in UEFA Champions League Squads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span><b>UEFA has officially received the squad lists for the upcoming Champions League, and some notable names are missing. Clubs had until September 2 to submit their 25-player rosters, with the additional List B reserved for younger talents.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The rulebook left several big names sidelined, reminding fans of the tough balance between squad depth and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>At Olympique de Marseille, players such as Amine Harit, Neal Maupay, Pol Lirola, Leonardo Balerdi Garci\u0301a, and Ruben Blanco were all excluded, most of them expected to depart but still on the payroll. Paris Saint-Germain opted not to register Presnel Kimpembe, whose future at the club remains uncertain. Elsewhere, some absences raise eyebrows. Arsenal left Gabriel Jesus off their list despite his imminent return, and Liverpool chose not to include Federico Chiesa.<\/p>\n<p>The most shocking decisions came from Tottenham, who excluded Mathys Tel, Yves Bissouma, Radu Dragusin, and Dejan Kulusevski. Spurs also confirmed that James Maddison, recovering from a knee injury, will miss out. Chelsea surprised fans by omitting Facundo Buonanotte, one of their summer signings. With giants like Real Madrid, Bayern, Juventus, and Barcelona preparing for blo<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. UEFA has officially received the squad lists for the upcoming Champions League, and some notable names are missing. Clubs had until September 2 to submit their 25-player rosters, with the additional List B reserved for younger talents. The rulebook left several big names sidelined, reminding fans of the tough balance between squad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-61260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Surprising Omissions in UEFA Champions League Squads - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UEFA has officially received the squad lists for the upcoming Champions League, and some notable names are missing. 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