Djed Spence and Sergio Reguilon have been left out of Tottenham’s Europa League squad.
The North London club have confirmed their squad for the group stages of the Europa League as they were facing a deadline on Wednesday. Ange Postecoglou’s team have only been able to register a 23-man squad for the European competition because of a mix of squad limitations and other priorities.
According to a report via Football London, Tottenham have been forced to omit Djed Spence and Sergio Reguilon from their squad. While they didn’t have any trouble registering their squad for the Premier League, the Australian manager surely faced some challenges while picking his squad for the Europa League.
Summer signings Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray had to be registered in the main squad because of the competition’s rules and regulations. While young players can be registered in the B list, in UEFA competitions that can only happen if the player has been at the club for two years.
In the European competitions, a team needs to have eight locally trained players in their 25-man squad and a maximum of four of those could be association-trained players. Since Tottenham only have two out of the four required locally trained players, they have been forced to reduce their squad size to 23.
Djed Spence had an impressive pre-season and he would have surely been a part of their 25-man squad but he missed out in order to make room for others. As far as Reguilon is considered, he is surplus to requirements under Postecoglou and leaving him out might is a big indication that he does not have a future at the club.
It will be interesting to see if they can get rid of him before the transfer window closes in the rest of the European countries.