Peace. 4,352 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Andre Villas-Boas has left £20million striker Romelu Lukaku out of Chelsea's Champions League squad.Lukaku, 18, has been sacrificed by Villas-Boas because Chelsea did not have enough 'homegrown' players to maximise their 25-man squad.Michael Essien has also been omitted because of his long-term knee injury and so has Ryan Bertrand, an English victim of spending so long on loan at different clubs.Chelsea have only been able to name 22 players on their 'A List' for the Champions League because they only have John Terry who qualifies as one of four allotted 'club trained' places.It is a problem every year. Last year, Paulo Ferreira missed out but since the sale of Yury Zhirkov and failure to sign Alvaro Pereira from Porto Ferriera will be needed as potential cover at left-back.Frank Lampard, Daniel Sturridge, Ross Turnbull and Ashley Cole make up the four 'association trained' places. Teenagers Josh McEachran and Nathaniel Chalobah can both play because they qualify on the 'B List'.Bertrand's omission makes a mockery of the homegrown rule. He is English born but fails to meet the criteria because he was not registered at Chelsea for three years between the ages of 15 and 21.Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1Wofbyxpq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton 2,120 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Term-X 7,891 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadavTKL 1,787 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Its just for the group stage right? there wiil be another selection i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Salomon FUCKING Kalou gets in ahead of Lukaku, no justice in the world.Talk about good ways to rock someone's confidence, not happy with AVB on this one. By all means, have Kalou's experience for the knockout rounds, but what's the point of playing a team like GENK and not playing someone like Lukaku, or even Bertrand? Fucking bollocks, not at all happy with AVB here!Putting Ferreira in as well? We have Bosingwa and Ivan at RB, and then you can have Cole and Bertrand at LB, whilst Bosingwa can play there as well. Seriously, what the fuck? Really pissed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Its just for the group stage right? there wiil be another selection i think.There will be another selection after the group stage.I still can't get the point of putting Kalou on the list and Lukaku not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rkk 17 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Maybe Kalou is on the so call "A" list selection while Lukaku is under "B" list selection and that why he is unable to join the squad? Need read up on CL squad rules to confirm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 No, Lukaku isn't on the B list neither. Just McEachran and Chalobah are on the B list, from what I've heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldo 868 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Salomon FUCKING Kalou gets in ahead of Lukaku, no justice in the world.Talk about good ways to rock someone's confidence, not happy with AVB on this one. By all means, have Kalou's experience for the knockout rounds, but what's the point of playing a team like GENK and not playing someone like Lukaku, or even Bertrand? Fucking bollocks, not at all happy with AVB here!Putting Ferreira in as well? We have Bosingwa and Ivan at RB, and then you can have Cole and Bertrand at LB, whilst Bosingwa can play there as well. Seriously, what the fuck? Really pissed off.Bertrand can't be registered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 From attempting to sign Perreira to talk of sending Bertrand out on loan to this, I fear Ryan's time at the club is coming to an end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace. 4,352 Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Bertrand can't be registered.Why "can't" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Its just for the group stage right? there wiil be another selection i think.Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane 2,275 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Calm down, Nothings official yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanMKD 41 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Disappointed to hear this, especially about Lukaku, but i am sure they both will play in the other cups.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortilla9 390 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Does anybody have a link to the squad lists? Every time I try to search my computer freezes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OReillyD36 311 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Does anybody have a link to the squad lists? Every time I try to search my computer freezes/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/clubs/club=52914/squad/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Calm down, Nothings official yet.Does anybody have a link to the squad lists? Every time I try to search my computer freezes/It's official and here's the linkhttp://de.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/clubs/club=52914/squad/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rkk 17 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Why "can't" ?Cause Bertrand isn't locally trained, not a association trained/club trained , between the age of 15-21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace. 4,352 Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Cause Bertrand isn't locally trained, not a association trained/club trained , between the age of 15-21.Yeah, I understood that. But, he could have been included instead of someone like Ferreira... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri 115 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Kalou instead of Lukaku, oh dear Mr. Boas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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