£150k-a-week forward excluded from Liverpool's 25-man Champions League squad for 26/27 league phase

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Liverpool have excluded Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo from their Champions League squad for the 2026/27 league phase of the tournament. According to James Pearce, reporting for The Athletic, Chiesa and Endo have been left out of the Reds’ 25-man squad for the league phase of the Champions League.

Pearce reports: “However, Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley and Hugo Ekitike have been included as they work their way back to fitness following long-term injuries. “Italian forward Chiesa has missed the opening two Premier League games of the season due to a muscle injury and finds himself down the pecking order following the summer signings of wingers Bradley Barcola and Victor Munoz.

“Endo, who has been an unused substitute against both Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest, misses out, with James McConnell, 22, preferred among the midfielders.” [?] Breaking: Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo have both been left out of Liverpool’s 25-man squad for this season’s league phase of the Champions League. “I think the next one probably should be Giovanni Leoni.