Mathys Tel is one of six players who were excluded from Tottenham’s Champions League team in the first half of the 2025/26 season. The club had to submit a 25-man team to UEFA for the league phase by 11pm on Tuesday, September 2nd. Tottenham has faced serious problems with European teams in the past due to their rules different from those in the Premier League.
The Spurs are suffering from a shortage of club-trained players, surpassing the four association-trained players they needed and the 17 non-home players assigned. This will force previous managers to exclude players from European teams. Things have deteriorated this season, with a total of six players being dropped by Thomas Frank in the league stage. Players you miss are Radu Dragusin, Kota Takai, Yves Bissouma, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison and Mathys Tel.
Unfortunately, Tottenham is not in a position to name a complete 25-man team in the Champions League, as all four positions are not met when it comes to players trained at the club.
Brandon Austin is the only player in that category, and as a result, the three gaps remain open, leaving him in a predicament where he can only name a team of 22 rather than the usual 25.
Knockout rounds allow you to submit a new team list with up to three changes for the remaining matches in the competition. In the Europa League last season, DJED SPENCE was added to the Tottenham team for the knockout phase after being left to the first part of the tournament.
In this season’s Champions League, the Spurs will head straight with Villarreal and Bodeau/Grimt as Monaco, Bodeau/Grimt, FC Copenhagen, PSG, Slavia Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Eintrak Frankfurt.
Tottenham Champions League Team
Goalkeepers: Gugliel Moviario, Antoninkinski, Brandon Austin
Defenders: Kevin Danso, Destiny Udogie, Christian Romero, Pedro Polo, DJed Spence, Ben Davies, Micky Van de Ven
Midfielders: Joao Parghinya, Zabi Simons, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergval, Mohammed Kudus, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Pipe Matal Saar, Rodrigo Bentanchool
Strikers: Richarrison, Dominique Solanke, Randall Koro Muani
