Liverpool have confirmed their latest additions to the Champions League squad via List B, with seven youngsters signed up for the trip to Napoli.
This week brings the start of the European campaign for Liverpool, with a clash with Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Wednesday night.
News broke on Sunday that Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had been left out of Jurgen Klopp’s initial 24-man squad for the group stage, with the pair unable to take part due to long-term injuries.
But before the flight to Naples on Tuesday afternoon, there have been seven new additions to the team.
They are added to List B, with an unlimited number of players who can register before midnight the day before a game if they were born on or after January 1, 2001.
The UEFA rules stipulate:
“A player can be registered in List B if he was born on or after January 1, 2001 and since he turned 15 he has been eligible to play for the club in question for an uninterrupted period of two years, or a total of three. consecutive years with a maximum of one loan period to a club of the same association for a period not exceeding one year.
“16-year-old players can be registered on List B if they have been registered with the participating club for the previous two years without interruption.”
Previously, that meant Harvey Elliott had to sign up for List A, as is the case with Stefan Bajcetic this season, but the 19-year-old is now part of the seven-man group on List B.
Curtis Jones has also been booked, along with Harvey Davies, Isaac Mabaya, Luke Chambers and Melkamu Frauendorf following their preseason appearances.
U21 regular Dominic Corness, 19, rounds out the group as another option in midfield.
Notably, players like Jarell Quansah, James Norris, Layton Stewart and Mateusz Musialowski have not signed on, though they may be added before any other group play.
Kaide Gordon and Bobby Clark would have been required to fill a spot on the A-List, which explains their absence over other names.
Interestingly, Musialowski hasn’t even been included in Liverpool’s 40-man academy squad for the UEFA Youth League, despite the 18-year-old winger being eligible.
It’s unlikely that many of those listed on List B will be in the squad against Napoli, although Elliott is in contention to start and Jones should be on the bench.
The entire Liverpool squad for the Champions League
Goalkeepers: Alisson, Kelleher, Adrian
Defenders: Van Dijk, Gomez, Konate, Matip, Phillips, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Tsimikas, Ramsay
Midfielders: Fabinho, Thiago, Henderson, Milner, Arthur, Bajcetic
Forwards: Salah, Firmino, Jota, Diaz, Núñez, Carvalho
List B: Davies, Mabaya, Chambers, Jones, Elliott, Corness, Frauendorf
