Manchester City have left January signing Vitor Reis out of their squad for the knockout rounds of the Champions League.. The Blues were allowed to include three new players for the next stage of the competition, who are eligible from next week for the first leg of the play-off against Real Madrid. However, they signed four players in the winter transfer window and Brazilian defender Reis has not made the cut.. At 19, the £29m signing is seen as more of a future prospect than City’s other signings. Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush both made their debuts in the Premier League win over Chelsea last month while £50m midfielder Nico Gonzalez is expected to hit the ground running to bolster a midfield that has been too easy for opponents to play through this season.. Rodri remains in the squad, despite picking up an injury in September that could cost him his whole campaign. Removing him would not have enabled City to add Reis in anyway as they are only allowed to make three changes from the group stage.. Claudio Echeverri also misses out ahead of his arrival in Manchester later this month. The midfielder, signed from River in January 2024 and loaned back to them for the rest of the year, is currently representing Argentina in the Under-20 South American Championships and will not take up a spot in the Champions League squad that could go to a player who can help against Real.. SQUAD: Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Lewis*, Alleyne*, Khusanov, Akanji, Dias, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Silva, Foden, De Bruyne, O’Reilly*, McAtee, Nunes, Grealish, Doku, Savinho, Marmoush, Bobb*, Haaland. *Oscar Bobb, Rico Lewis, Max Alleyne and Nico O’Reilly have all been registered on City’s B List this season as homegrown players under 21 who can contribute to the squad.
