Liverpool, which placed fifth in the Premier League last season, will participate in the competition for the first time since 2016.
In the group stage, they will compete against the Austrian team LASK, the Belgian team Union SG, and the French club Toulouse. The Aviva Stadium in Dublin will serve as the venue for the competition’s finale.
Given the Reds’ hectic calendar, which might see them participating in four tournaments at one stage in the season, Klopp may use the match to provide some playing time to younger players.
However, the German will face a difficult choice when selecting his team because UEFA rules require that one senior Liverpool player be left out.
One Liverpool player will be dropped by Jurgen Klopp from the Europa League team.
Players must be separated into List A and List B in accordance with official UEFA squad registration criteria.
A player must have been eligible to play for the club for “any uninterrupted period” of two years, or “a total of three consecutive years with a maximum of one loan period to a club from the same association for a period not longer than one year” in order to be eligible for List B. Players must have been born on or after January 1, 2002, and they must have been eligible to play for the club for at least two years.
Therefore, individuals like Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben Doak, and Ryan Gravenberch cannot be mentioned in List B.
The Reds’ current Premier League roster includes 18 players who are currently listed as “foreign,” which is another problem for Klopp.
Eight of the players in a Europa League squad must be domestically born, according to UEFA regulations, which limit the number of foreign players to 17.
Additionally, each team must have a minimum of two goalkeepers, with a third goalkeeper required to be listed on List B.
Therefore, Liverpool might have to give up one of their two backup goalkeepers to Alisson, putting Caoimhin Kelleher and Adrian in jeopardy.
However, if the Liverpool manager wants his three senior goalkeepers registered, he won’t have many options when it comes to leaving an outfield player off the registration list.
Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, and Thiago Alcantara all presently have injury issues, thus injuries may determine who Klopp leaves out. But everyone is anticipated to come back and compete in the Europa League group stage.
