Football
ManCity first team: Kelechi in, Yaya out
BY EDIALE KINGSLEY
MANCHESTER City announced their squad for the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League. And it came with some few shocks as Yaya Toure was dropped from the list. Nigerians are however happy that kelechi Iheanacho made the squad.
The Blues will face Barcelona, Borussia Monchengladbach and Celtic in Group C after coming through their play-off tie with Steaua Bucharest.
The club has now submitted their chosen squad for the group stage to UEFA:
Goalkeepers
Claudio Bravo, Willy Caballero
Defenders
Bacary Sagna, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gael Clichy, John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi
Midfielders
Fernando, Raheem Sterling, Ilkay Gundogan, Jesus Navas, Kevin De Bruyne, Fabian Delph, Leroy Sane, David Silva, Fernandinho
Attackers
Nolito, Sergio Aguero, Kelechi Iheanacho
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