Just looking at the squad in detail we have 15 players who are clearly sitting in a free (foreign) spot where we have a max of 17. We have 5 in the Association Trained ‘English’ list so that is 1 over the limit of 4. That pushes 1 in to a free spot. Then we have Denayer who was widely assumed to qualify as Club Trained however given we have 1 free spot left does that signify that he was not registered in time to be CT and he is in fact a foreign player. That would be a blow if it is the case? Gundogen and Komps are the two big omissions so you presumably 2 of these players will get dropped from the group stage list!
CT? 1?
Jason Denayer,
AT? 5?
Joe Hart, Gaël Clichy, John Stones, Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph,
Free spots 15?
Willy Caballero, Bacary Sagna, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov, Nicolás Otamendi,
Fernando, Jesús Navas, Kevin De Bruyne, Leroy Sané, David Silva, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, Nolito, Sergio Agüero, Kelechi Iheanacho.