Manchester City confirm UEFA Champions League knockout stage squad list ahead of Real Madrid clash – New signing misses out

Pep Guardiola has added three of his new signings to his UEFA Champions League squad list for the knockout stages of the competition, Manchester City have confirmed.

The deadline for updated List A squads for this season’s UEFA Champions League passed on Thursday night, with all clubs allowed to register a maximum of three new eligible players following the league phase and before the start of the knockout phase.

As for Manchester City, the club submitted a 22-man List A squad before the start of this season’s league stage with rules stating it can be made up of a maximum of 25 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. 

In addition to City’s List A squad, a player can be registered on List B if they are born on, or after, 1 January 2003 and have been eligible to play for the club concerned for any uninterrupted period of two years since their 15th birthday by the time he is registered with UEFA – or for a total of three consecutive years with a maximum of one loan period to a club from the same association for a period not longer than one year.

Players aged 16 may be submitted if they have been registered with the club for the previous two years without interruption. The deadline for our List B submissions is 23:00 (UK) on the night preceding each match throughout the competition.

Following changes made to Manchester City’s squad list, it now means that three of the club’s four new signings will be able to play for the club against Real Madrid in the two-legged last-16 play-off tie throughout this month.

Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League, List A

Goalkeepers: Ederson, Stefan Ortega Moreno, Scott Carson

Defenders: Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Abdukodir Khusanov, Josko Gvardiol

Midfielders: Nico Gonzalez, Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes, James McAtee,  Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Savinho

Forwards: Erling Haaland, Omar Marmoush

Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League, List B

Oscar Bobb, Max Alleyne, Rico Lewis,  Nico O’Reilly

The notable absentees for Manchester City are new signing Vitor Reis from Palmeiras, who joined the club from the Brazilian outfit after the arrival of Abdukodir Khusanov in the January transfer window for a fee of around £30 million.

Claudio Echeverri has also not been included with the Argentine youth international currently competing at the South American Under-20 Championships with his country and excelling while captaining the side.