**Liverpool have confirmed two senior omissions in their Champions League squad.**
Andoni Iraola’s side kick off their latest campaign in Europe’s elite club competition at home to Atletico Madrid next Wednesday in the league phase’s opening week.
But there is no place for either winger Federico Chiesa or utility man Wataru Endo in the Reds’ 25-man squad which contains several players with long-term injuries.
Hugo Ekitike and Conor Bradley were named in the squad despite both sidelined until the end of this year, which will only make them eligible for the final two games.
Jeremy Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni took the places of Chiesa and Endo due to their limited time with the club failing to secure exemptions under the U21 quota.
A minimum of ‘locally trained’ players have to be registered in each team’s Champions League squad with a maximum of four ‘association trained’.
After hosting Atleti, Liverpool travel to LASK before welcoming Villarreal to Anfield ahead of back-to-back away trips against Fenerbahce and Club Brugge.
Iraola’s new charges will round off the calendar year in Europe on home soil against Porto before reuniting with Curtis Jones’ Inter Milan on January 19, 2027.
They conclude the league phase six days later at home to French side Lens.