Chelsea name Champions League Squad
By dixon9
September 2 2009
The club have now published the player list for the Champions League group stage on the official web site. There are 23 players named on the A list and 3 on the B list:
A List
Petr Cech
Branislav Ivanovic
Ashley Cole
Michael Essien
Ricardo Carvalho
Frank Lampard
Joe Cole
Didier Drogba
John Mikel Obi
Michael Ballack
Florent Malouda
José Bosingwa
Yury Zhirkov
Deco
Salomon Kalou
Ross Turnbull
Daniel Sturridge
John Terry
Alex
Juliano Belletti
Nicolas Anelka
Henrique Hilario
Sam Hutchinson
B List
Rhys Taylor
Jeffrey Bruma
Gaël Kakuta
The club explain the following parameters for guidance on how the A and B lists are formed:
No club may have more than 25 players on List A during the season. Eight places on List A are reserved for 'locally trained players'.
A 'locally trained player' is either a 'club-trained player' or an 'association-trained player' and no club may have more than four 'association-trained players' listed among the eight.
A 'club-trained player' is a player who, between the age of 15 and 21, and irrespective of his nationality and age, has been registered with his current club for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or of 36 months.
In the case of Chelsea, an 'association-trained player' is a player who, between the age of 15 and 21 and irrespective of his nationality and age, has been registered with another club affiliated to the FA for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or of 36 months.
These regulations mean Chelsea's A List will contain 23 players for this season's group stage.
A player may be registered on List B if he is born on or after 1 January 1988 and has been eligible to play for Chelsea for any uninterrupted period of two years since his 15th birthday.
Following the submission of these lists, a club may register up to three new eligible players for the remaining matches, such registration completed by 1 February.
No real surprises really – although there is one name on list B which leapt out at me; Gael Kakuta.
The chances of Gael figuring in a CL match are most probably slim – he´s a young lad but he does possess astounding ability ..and there´s probably not enough grounds for me to start peaking yet. Ancelotti does have a reputation for blooding youngsters….so let´s see what happens. Oh…and watch the press give us some stick for naming only 23 players on list A – when clubs can register up to 25.
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.
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