List A Manuel Almunia Andrey Arshavin Nicklas Bendtner Marouane Chamakh Abou Diaby Johan Djourou Emmanuel Eboue Lukasz Fabianski Cesc Fabregas Gervinho Kieran Gibbs Carl Jenkinson Laurent Koscielny Vito Mannone Samir Nasri Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Tomas Rosicky Bacary Sagna Alex Song Sebastien Squillaci Armand Traore Robin van Persie Carlos Vela Thomas Vermaelen Theo Walcott List B Aaron Ramsey Wojciech Szczesny Jack Wilshere Benik Afobe Chuks Aneke Zak Ansah Daniel Boateng George Brislen-Hall Francis Coquelin Craig Eastmond Luke Freeman Emmanuel Frimpong Sead Hajrovic Conor Henderson Gavin Hoyte Jernade Meade Ignasi Miquel Rhys Murphy Nigel Neita Oguzhan Ozyakup Gilles Sunu Sanchez Watt Nico Yennaris 1 change is allowed on List A before 15th August. (match on 16th) Criteria for List B: 1) Born on or after January 1, 1990 (>21 on this date) 2) Been eligible to play for club for 2 or more years uninterrupted since 15th birthday There is nothing really surprising about these squads, but something should be noted. Miyaichi is not included, despite having been given a work permit. This may be because we submitted the team before he got the work permit, in which case i think he will replace any players who are sold before the 15th august, unless we sign someone else who warrants a place. If a player plays in either play-off match, they will be cup-tied for that tournament, seriously reducing their transfer value. I don't think that this includes being put on the bench. This could be good in terms of Fabregas and Nasri sagas. If Cesc plays, I doubt Barca will buy him for the £40m, as they look unwilling to pay that anyways. However, this may speed them up to get a deal done before the match so he can't be cuptied, in which case we are likely to get the money soon and will be able to use it in this transfer window. If Nasri plays (i think he's injured tho) then it is extremely unlikely that anyone will buy him, as he will only go to a CL club and they won't want a cup-tied players. fortunately, he is suspended for the first leg, so we still have time to extort lots of money from City.
