Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has made some difficult choices for his Champions League squad, leaving out new signings Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia. The club brought in three loan players during the January transfer window, and UEFA regulations only allow for a maximum of three new additions to the knockout-stage squad. Emery explained the decision to leave out Malen and Garcia was difficult.
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has made some tough decisions when it comes to his Champions League squad, leaving out new signings Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia. The club brought in three loan players during the January transfer window - Marcus Rashford from Manchester United, Marco Asensio from Paris St-Germain, and Axel Disasi from Chelsea - and UEFA regulations only allow for a maximum of three new additions to the knockout-stage squad from the league phase roster.
Emery explained that the decision to leave out Malen and Garcia was difficult, stating, 'We can only register three changes and we did more changes in the window than we wanted. Even though we lost one player from the list, Jaden was a club-trained player, so we lost the opportunity through him to have one more. The decision we had to take, Garcia and Malen are out. It was not a good decision I had to take but I spoke with Andres and Donyell to tell them the decision.' Villa's Champions League last-16 opponents will be determined soon, with potential matchups including Malen's former club Dortmund, Atalanta, Sporting, or Club Brugge. Meanwhile, Manchester City, who face holders Real Madrid in the Champions League knockout-phase play-offs, have kept injured midfielder Rodri in their squad. Chelsea have added Cole Palmer to their Conference League squad after the England attacking midfielder was not involved in the league phase. The Blues' rivals, Leicester City, have made four changes to their Europa Conference League squad, bringing in striker Patson Daka, midfielder Kelechi Iheanacho, defender Daniel Amartey, and goalkeeper Danny Ward. Tottenham have added defender Djed Spence and new signings Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso to their Europa League squad, but new goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky has been left out. Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou has dropped goalkeeper Fraser Forster, centre-back Radu Dragusin and forward Timo Werner for the knockout stage. At Manchester United, manager Erik ten Hag has named Patrick Dorgu and Ayden Heaven in the Europa League roster, while Antony, Rashford and Tyrell Malacia were removed after their exits. Rangers, who are also in the Europa League last 16, have added Ianis Hagi, Danilo and Clinton Nsiala to their European squad in place of Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Oscar Cortes and Kieran Dowell, who has joined Birmingham City on loan
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ASTON VILLA UNAI EMERY DONYELL MALEN ANDRES GARCIA TRANSFER WINDOW LOAN PLAYERS MARCUS RASHFORD MARCO ASENSIO AXEL DISASI NEW SIGNINGS SQUAD
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