Man City has been blocked from registering one of their rookies for the Champions League play-off round due to a little known rule.
Man City brought 5 rookies in January and 4 people used by them immediately and 1 person borrowed
Man City signed a contract with Nico Gonzalez for £ 50 million from FC Porto on the last day of the January 2025 transfer. And this Spanish midfielder has completed the transfer ahead of time.
The 23 -year -old mature from the Barcelona Academy and became Man City’s fifth rookie in the winter transfer window, bringing their total spending to more than £ 180 million.
Man City hopes that the Spanish player can create an immediate impact in the Premier League, when they try to win the right to attend the Champions League next season.
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They also hoped he could make a positive impact in the European Cup – but that would have to pay the price with one of the clubs of the club. That’s because, according to UEFA’s law, only 3 additional players can be registered in the knockout round of their tournaments from the squad participating in the group stage.
This law is applied regardless of any departure, meaning that Kyle Walker leaves AC Milan on loan does not have much impact in this case. With Man City welcoming 4 players in this winter transfer window (1 person lent immediately), one of their rookies will have to be absent in the list of Champions League.
It seems that it is a 19 -year -old defender Vitor Reis, who has been on the bench in the last 2 matches of Man City since joining from Palmeiras and has not had his debut. Omar Marmoush has played both matches since joining from Eintracht Frankfurt, while Abdukodir Khusanov has been released in the match against Chelsea.
Man City also signed a contract with 18 -year -old Juma Bah from Real Valladolid in a controversial way in January. The Spanish club accused Man City for impacting the player to cancel the contract with them.
Bah has moved to the French lens club in the form of loan in the rest of the season so it will not be registered in the team to attend the Champions League of Man City.