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Chelsea signing Papy Djilobodji has been left out of the club's squad for
the Champions League group stages.
Senegal defender Djilobodji, 26, joined the Blues on transfer deadline day
from French side Nantes for £4m but was omitted because Chelsea have reached
their limit of "non-locally trained players" on their submitted A list.
All Champions League clubs were told to include a minimum of eight 'locally
trained players' on their submitted A list, which has a 25-man limit.
However Chelsea have fewer than eight so they were forced to submit a squad
containing just 23 players.
Summer signings Pedro, Radamel Falcao, Asmir Begovic and Baba Rahman have
all been included but Jose Mourinho elected to select Kenedy and Bertrand
Traore over Djilobodji meaning he will have just six defenders to choose
from.
Chelsea, as No 1 seeds, were drawn alongside Dynamo Kiev, Porto and Maccabi
Tel Aviv in Group G and open their campaign against the Israeli side on
September 16.
Chelsea's Champions League squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Asmir Begovic, Jamal
Blackman
Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic, Kurt Zouma, Abdul Rahman
Baba, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Cesar Azpilicueta
Midfielders: Cesc Fabregas, Ramires, Oscar, Eden Hazard,
John Obi Mikel, Bertrand Traore, Kenedy, Nemanja Matic, Willian, Ruben
Loftus-Cheek
Forwards: Radamel Falcao, Pedro Rodriguez, Loic Remy, Diego
Costa
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