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Jurgen Klopp faces a headache when it comes to his Champions League squad for the play-offs, but Stefan Bajcetic has offered one solution.
Liverpool reached the last 16 of the Champions League, finishing second in Group A, after a clash with Group F winners Real Madrid.
Those matches will take place at Anfield on February 21 and then at the Bernabeu on March 15, where a place in the quarter-finals will be up for grabs.
After Liverpool named a 24-man squad for the group stage, Liverpool will have to submit a revised roster to UEFA by 23:00 GMT on February 2 in order to take part in the play-offs.
UEFA rules call for a maximum of 17 foreign players and a minimum of eight domestic players, of which at least four must undergo training at the club.
of Klopp the original team consisted of three club students, four association students and 17 other people.
With the January signing of Cody Gakpo, another home-grown player was added to the squad, while Naby Keita was also signed in September alongside the association-trained Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Changes will then be necessary if Klopp is to sign all three, which he almost certainly is.
The difficult decision of which non-homegrown players to leave out of the playoff lineup has at least become easier now that Baisetic is on the B list.
Champions League clubs are allowed to register an unlimited number of players on List B no later than 23:00 GMT on the day before each match.
However, to be eligible, UEFA explains that they must be “born on or after 1 January 2000 and be eligible to play for the relevant club for any continuous period of two years after their 15th birthday “.
Liverpool’s squad for the Champions League group stage
Goalkeepers: Allison, Kelleher*, Adrian
Defenders: Van Dijk, Gomes*, Konate, Matip, Phillips**, Alexander-Arnold*, Robertson, Tsimikas, Ramsey
Midfielders: Fabinho, Thiago, Henderson**, Milner**, Artur, Bajcetic
Forwards: Salah, Firmino, Jota, Diaz, Nunes, Carvalho**
List B: Davis, Mabaia, Chambers, Jones, Elliott, Cornes, Frauendorf.
* club training
** Prepared by the Association
Baisetic, who joined Liverpool from Celta in December 2020, did not make the B-list when it came to the group stage.
But the 18-year-old already qualifies after working at the club for more than two years.
Therefore, it can be excluded from Champions League and re-listed to List B, making room for one of Gakpo, Keita or Oxlade-Chamberlain.
It will still be necessary to make room for the other two – or, theoretically, for any further January signings – with the likes of Arthur, Calvin Ramsey, Fabio Carvalho and long-term absentee Luis Diaz all possible deletions.
However, it should be noted that no more than three new players can be added to the Champions League squad, meaning that if another signing is made in January, one of Gakpo, Keita or Oxlade-Chamberlain will have to be turned off.
Jurgen Klopp faces a headache when it comes to his Champions League squad for the play-offs, but Stefan Bajcetic has offered one solution.
Liverpool reached the last 16 of the Champions League, finishing second in Group A, after a clash with Group F winners Real Madrid.
Those matches will take place at Anfield on February 21 and then at the Bernabeu on March 15, where a place in the quarter-finals will be up for grabs.
After Liverpool named a 24-man squad for the group stage, Liverpool will have to submit a revised roster to UEFA by 23:00 GMT on February 2 in order to take part in the play-offs.
UEFA rules call for a maximum of 17 foreign players and a minimum of eight domestic players, of which at least four must undergo training at the club.
of Klopp the original team consisted of three club students, four association students and 17 other people.
With the January signing of Cody Gakpo, another home-grown player was added to the squad, while Naby Keita was also signed in September alongside the association-trained Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Changes will then be necessary if Klopp is to sign all three, which he almost certainly is.
The difficult decision of which non-homegrown players to leave out of the playoff lineup has at least become easier now that Baisetic is on the B list.
Champions League clubs are allowed to register an unlimited number of players on List B no later than 23:00 GMT on the day before each match.
However, to be eligible, UEFA explains that they must be “born on or after 1 January 2000 and be eligible to play for the relevant club for any continuous period of two years after their 15th birthday “.
Liverpool’s squad for the Champions League group stage
Goalkeepers: Allison, Kelleher*, Adrian
Defenders: Van Dijk, Gomes*, Konate, Matip, Phillips**, Alexander-Arnold*, Robertson, Tsimikas, Ramsey
Midfielders: Fabinho, Thiago, Henderson**, Milner**, Artur, Bajcetic
Forwards: Salah, Firmino, Jota, Diaz, Nunes, Carvalho**
List B: Davis, Mabaia, Chambers, Jones, Elliott, Cornes, Frauendorf.
* club training
** Prepared by the Association
Baisetic, who joined Liverpool from Celta in December 2020, did not make the B-list when it came to the group stage.
But the 18-year-old already qualifies after working at the club for more than two years.
Therefore, it can be excluded from Champions League and re-listed to List B, making room for one of Gakpo, Keita or Oxlade-Chamberlain.
It will still be necessary to make room for the other two – or, theoretically, for any further January signings – with the likes of Arthur, Calvin Ramsey, Fabio Carvalho and long-term absentee Luis Diaz all possible deletions.
However, it should be noted that no more than three new players can be added to the Champions League squad, meaning that if another signing is made in January, one of Gakpo, Keita or Oxlade-Chamberlain will have to be turned off.
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