After a shopping binge in the January transfer window, Chelsea has a registration issue: only three new players can be registered for the Champions League knockout stages according to UEFA rules, yet Chelsea added eight new players; The registration deadline for UEFA is Thursday at 11 p.m.

Chelsea had a very successful January transfer window, but the Blues now have a Champions League registration issue as a result of their winter spending binge.

Chelsea's issue is that they added eight players in January.

Clubs must notify UEFA of any intended squad adjustments by Thursday, February 2 at 11:59 p.m. There is no possibility of an extension. Once they have been authorized, UEFA will release a complete list of incoming and departing players.

The three newly enrolled players are eligible to participate in the knockout rounds of any cup because they are permitted to have played for another club in European competitions this season.

The maximum roster size for each club is 25, and Chelsea utilized 24 players during the group stage, with only Jorginho leaving the team during the January transfer window.

Malo Gusto is still on loan at Lyon, one of the eight new players Chelsea signed last month, while Andrey Santos is awaiting a work visa.

Graham Potter is now faced with the challenge of selecting three players from this list of six for his Champions League team: Mykhailo Mudryk, Joao Felix, Enzo Fernandez, Benoit Badiashile, David Datro Fofana, and Noni Madueke.

There are currently no limitations on the number of changes teams can make; therefore, all of the new additions can be entered into Chelsea's Premier League roster.

There is a 25-player cap, therefore some members of the Chelsea team right now may have to make room for the newcomers. On Thursday, registration for the Premier League closes.

The record-breaking Fernandez, who signed for £105 million on Deadline Day, is the most likely new player to be featured. You cannot spend that much money on a player and not use him in the Champions League, to put it simply.

Imagine the World Cup winner's reaction if, only hours after landing in west London, new manager Graham Potter told him he couldn't sit at Europe's top table!

Chelsea lacks midfielders who can operate in that deep role as a result of Jorginho's loss to Arsenal on the same day. Expect Fernandez to register even with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Conor Gallagher, Mason Mount, and Mateo Kovacic as options.

Potter is under pressure to select the Ukrainian winger for the Champions League team due to the player's £88 million price tag. Mudryk showed that the greatest level of football is where he belongs in a quick cameo against Liverpool.

A player with a good chance of being chosen by Chelsea is the attacker who played for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League group stages, where he scored three goals.

So you start to wonder: Will Joao Felix or Benoit Badiashile be the ones to lose out?

"How would Joao Felix, a fantastic player on loan, feel if he wasn't included?" Then there is Benoit Badiashile, a center-back who has so far had a positive impact. Chelsea wouldn't want to enter the Champions League without him on the team, right?"

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I'll go with Enzo, Mudryk and Felix.

That sucks

Can't Chelsea remove some old players from the list and replace them with the new ones

The likes of cheek and pulisic and auba and the injured broja be remove and replaced

Malory:
I'll go with Enzo, Mudryk and Felix.

This is the best option and I expect the Manager to do same considering the fact our attack is toothless.... We need these three guys to bolster our attack line so we can be able to hurt defences and score goals. Thank Goodness our defenders are returning back from injury

aycapri:
That sucks

That's UEFA rules for Champions League knockout stage

tochifk:
Can't Chelsea remove some old players from the list and replace them with the new ones

The likes of cheek and pulisic and auba and the injured broja be remove and replaced

Nope Chelsea can't replace! They can only add 3 new players in the already existing list according to UEFA rules

SReporters:


This is the best option and I expect the Manager to do same considering the fact our attack is toothless.... We need these three guys to bolster our attack line so we can be able to hurt defences and score goals. Thank Goodness our defenders are returning back from injury

Exactly.

they can also drop some players and increase the new addition. But thats dangerous. Affected players will revolt and cause dressing room issues for the club.

Badashile in defense is very important. I believe some players left too...gilmore, jorghino and 1 more will create space for chelsea to add the new players.

hotwax:
they can also drop some players and increase the new addition. But thats dangerous. Affected players will revolt and cause dressing room issues for the club.

Badashile in defense is very important. I believe some players left too...gilmore, jorghino and 1 more will create space for chelsea to add the new players.

Whatever the case; Murdryk, Enzo and Felix are highly needed in the Champions League. If any old player is needed to be dropped for Badashile to come in, so be it. He has created a perfect partnership with Thiago but our other defenders are returning back from injury though....