Why can’t Man City’s new signings Marmoush, Khusanov and Reis play in their final Champions League game?
Why can’t Man City’s new signings Marmoush, Khusanov and Reis play in their final Champions League game?
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IF Manchester City are to progress through to the Champions League knockout stages, they will have to do it without their three new recruits. The Eithad club welcomed Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Omar Marmoush for big money in the last week. Marmoush had a massive impact on City in their 3-1 win against Chelsea and while Khusanov was at fault for the goal, he grew into the game.
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However, the trio of £123million signings won't be able to have any impact on the European stage despite being fit to feature. According to Uefa rules, squads must be submitted before the League Phase begins and cannot be added to until the knockout stages.
![[Manchester City players by the goal after conceding a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/manchester-citys-players-react-conceding-965856293_68e1e8.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
City are allowed to add up to three new players into their Uefa squad if they progress into the knockout rounds, but it remains complicated. The club must balance the homegrown quota - a minimum of eight "locally trained" players on their squad list with four from the club's own youth system - with any new additions.
Uefa reminded clubs that its regulations, outlined in Article 32.02, allow additional registrations (beyond three) in specific scenarios for leagues that start and finish within the same calendar year:. Furthermore, Article 32.04 specifies that any or all players registered under these rules may have played for another team during the qualifying rounds, playoffs, or group stage of the Champions League, Europa League, or Conference League.
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