Why Rachid Ghezzal has been removed from Lyon’s Europa League squad

Rachid Ghezzal (33) rejoined his formative club, Olympique Lyonnais, on 5th September. The forward was included in Lyon’s UEFA Europa League squad, but having already played in the competition, he has now been withdrawn.

It is a curious case in which UEFA are the ones at fault. Ghezzal made the assist during the 1-0 win over Utrecht in their UEL opener, however, that will be Ghezzal’s final involvement of the Europa League ‘League Phase’.

Added to the squad list and eligible to play…