W ith the UEFA Champions League about to enter its knockout phase next week after the final round of league phase play last week, Europe's top clubs had big decisions to make rega

Manchester City’s preparations for the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds have hit an unexpected obstacle. The club has been forced to leave out one of their key January signings from their European squad due to a peculiar UEFA regulation that has limited the number of players they can register.

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.Manchester City’s UEFA Champions

City made four signings in the transfer window but were only allowed to add three players to their Champions League squad.

Midfielder Rodri was included in Manchester City’s updated UEFA Champions League 2024-25 squad for the upcoming knockout playoffs, the club revealed in a release on Friday.

Rodri has been named in Manchester City's updated squad for the UEFA Champions League, while January recruit Vitor Reis is absent.

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Draw made Friday for the quarterfinals and semifinals in the UEFA Women’s Champions League: Wolfsburg (Germany) or Barcelona (Spain) vs. Manchester City (England) or Chelsea (England)

Marcus Rashford, Axel Disasi and Marco Asensio, however, have been added to Villa's squad for the UCL knockout phase.

Unai Emery has left Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia out of Aston Villa’s squad for the Champions League knockout phase. Villa signed Malen from Borussia Dortmund last month in a deal worth €23 million (£19m) plus €3m (£2.