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Chelsea have surprisingly included veteran goalkeeper Petr Cech in the Premier League’s 25-man squad, while omitting Ghana defender Baba Rahman from the roster.
Baba joined the Blues in 2015 in a deal that was reportedly worth £ 22 million, but his career at Stamford Bridge hasn’t exactly gone according to plan.
The 26-year-old made his only Chelsea appearances with José Mourinho in the 2015-16 campaign and has since had a succession of loan assignments outside West London.
Two Bundesliga seasons with Schalke preceded loan spells in France, with Reims, and Spain, with Real Mallorca, but Rahman struggled to make a big impact in any of his temporary homes.
The left side the agreement with Middlesborough could not get over the line, in the summer transfer deadline day, the day of the transfer due to financial issues and other concerns played a role.
Each club can enter 25 first-team players over the age of 21, of which a minimum of eight must be local. A ‘local’ player is defined by the Premier League as someone of any nationality who was 21 years of age or older on January 1, 2021 and spent three years between the ages of 16 and 21 on an English league team.
Coaches can supplement the squad with any number of players under the age of 21, regardless of their country of birth. For this season, these are players who were born as of January 1, 1999.
Petr Cech has been included in the squad as an emergency goalkeeper cover. This is a precautionary step due to the unprecedented conditions currently caused by the Covid-19 crisis. Take a position as a non-contract player.
Baba is expected to get a few minutes on the Chelsea development team to keep fit and target a move in the winter.
Chelsea’s Premier League team is as follows:
Kepa Arrizabalaga
Antonio Rudiger
Marcos Alonso
Andreas Christensen – Homegrown
Jorginho
Thiago Silva
N’Golo Kante
Tammy Abraham – Homegrown
Christian pulisic
Timo Werner
Willy Caballero
Fikayo Tomori – Homegrown
Kurt zouma
Edouard mendy
Mateo Kovacic
Olivier giroud
Mason Mount – U21
Callum Hudson-Odoi – U21
Ben Chilwell – Homegrown
Hakim Ziyech
Billy Gilmour – U21
Reece James – U21
César Azpilicueta
Kai Havertz – U21
Emerson Palmieri
Petr Cech
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