Lukaku and Bertrand out of the UCL squad.

[Haseeb Ahmed 0]

Oh No i really want Lukaku in chelsea squad for ucl.

[termninja 5,290]

Bertrand should've been included at least. The only left back we've got is Ash...

[eldo 868]

I dont get why Betrand is not included?

Well then you should learn how to read.

[laeth 527]

Bit of a shame, but not the end of the world. Lukaku is only 18; it's not like he's never going to play in the Champions League ever again. Bit of an over reaction on here I think.

[Fulham Broadway 16,386]

I dont get why Betrand is not included?

Bertrand was signed from Gillingham in 2005 as a 15-year-old and has spent a lot of time on loan at Bournemouth, Oldham, Norwich, Reading and Nottingham Forest. With his Chelsea career so interrupted, he therefore does not qualify as 'club trained' - John Terry is the only player in the squad that falls into that category - with Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Ross Turnbull and Daniel Sturridge included up the 'association trained' group.

Kalou is in so thats good news....

[laeth 527]

Is Hilario included? If so, why bring Turnball? Bertrand could of had that spot.

[Fulham Broadway 16,386]

See my above post. Of the allocation of eight homegrown players, only four can be 'association trained' as opposed to 'club trained'. It is a bit confusing.

[eldo 868]

What if Cech gets injured again, or Hilario...

[neel 257]

Bertrand could be included as non home grown player in place of ferreira..

[Fulham Broadway 16,386]

....he could have been but Ferreira is obviously seen as the better option by his compatriot manager

[Kajo 176]

I love the way Chelsea is givin young players a chance...

[Tomo 21,681]

I love the way Chelsea is givin young players a chance...

Well McEachran, Chalabah, Romeu are in the squad ...

[neel 257]

....he could have been but Ferreira is obviously seen as the better option by his compatriot manager

To be very honest I still dont understand AVB's decision. If we are going to miss Ashley in some crucial matches then boswinga and david luiz are there to cover. But if we secure first place in first 4-5 matches then bertrand could be be given a chance. That is how youth should be integrated.

[neel 257]

and in KO stage teams are allowed to include only one new player. For us that would the "marquee" signing of january. could be modric or hazard or messi or iniesta.

[Fulham Broadway 16,386]

To be very honest I still dont understand AVB's decision. If we are going to miss Ashley in some crucial matches then boswinga and david luiz are there to cover. But if we secure first place in first 4-5 matches then bertrand could be be given a chance. That is how youth should be integrated.

All comes down to the manager sadly. Bertrand has been employed at Chelsea FC for six years and played for five different clubs, and you'd think hes good enough..or not as the case maybe...

[Peace. 4,352]

Ferreira, [...] had to be included this time around with Chelsea denied any other cover at left-back for the first‑choice, Ashley Cole.

The sentence above is my concern. I do not know from what (web)site it does come from, but come on. To say we have included Ferreira because we do not have cover for Ashley.... And Bertrand is a gardener ?

ps : I hope it isn't our official website.

[Tomo 21,681]

We can't have it both ways.

Has Ryan got picked, played the last game against Valencia with Cole injured and qualification at stake and makes a mistake that gets us knocked out you would all bemome his selection and say we should have gone with expierence.

[Peace. 4,352]

^

I get it. We should lock all our young players in a strong-box, so they can't do mistakes, so we can't critisize them.

More seriously, I do not think that any member on here would say "we should have played Ferreira at LB" if Bertrand makes a mistake.