Farioli may be unable to register full Porto squad for Champions League | OneFootball

Francesco Farioli may be unable to register every Porto player for the Champions League because of UEFA homegrown quotas. According to O Jogo, the nationalities of recruits and any further Portuguese exits will shape the list before 23:59 on two September.

UEFA caps List A at 25 and demands at least eight locally trained players, with no more than four association trained. Assuming Mora departs, Porto’s club-trained are Diogo Costa, André Silva, João Costa and Martim Fernandes, who can also go on List B.

Association-trained options are Cláudio Ramos, Alberto Costa, Moura, João Afonso and Eustáquio, but only four places exist, and Eustáquio is authorised to find a club. If both he and Moura leave, the squad would shrink unless Vasco Sousa is used as a joker.

Sousa counts as club trained, keeping the quota at eight. A Portuguese signing could remove the need, but a foreign one could make his inclusion key to avoid a 24-man list.

If a striker, a left-back and a midfielder arrive and none are Portuguese, Farioli might have to omit up to two players. The European list must be filed by 23:59 on two September, two days before Portugal’s window shuts, so late recruits could not feature until the knockouts.

Source: O Jogo

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