Cole Palmer left out of Chelsea Conference League squad alongside two more first team stars

The squad has been announced this afternoon.

Entering a league phase, there is now a huge increase of games to be played in Europe this season.

And with a larger squad of players at Enzo Maresca's disposal, he has made the bold decision to leave out three stars.

Cole Palmer, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia will all not be participating in the Conference League league phase due to 'load management'.

This gives other players the opportunity to play, with the full squad in full below:

Goalkeepers:

Robert Sanchez Filip Jorgensen

Lucas Bergstrom

Defenders:

Axel Disasi

Marc Cucurella

Tosin Adarabioyo

Benoit Badiashile

Reece James

Malo Gusto

Renato Veiga

Midfielders:

Enzo Fernandez

Noni Madueke

Carney Chukwuemeka

Keirnan Dewsbury-Hall

Moises Caicedo

Cesare Casadei

Attackers:

Pedro Neto

Mykhailo Mudryk

Joao Felix

Nicolas Jackson

Christopher Nkunku

Jadon Sancho

Marc Guiu