A young Tottenham centre-back may already be regretting his decision to join a Scottish club on loan, as he has now been omitted from the club’s Europa Conference League squad.
We already know that Mikey Moore will be playing in the Europa League rather than the Champions League this season after Rangers were knocked out by Club Brugge in the qualifiers.
Moore revealed that his desire to play in the biggest competitions was one of the reasons he signed for Rangers, but his Champions League dream was over before it started.
Now, another Tottenham youngster, who also moved to Scotland on loan, has just discovered that he will be playing no part in Europe at all this season.
Dorrington is left out of Aberdeen’s Europa Conference League squad
Alfie Dorrington impressed on loan at Aberdeen during the second half of last season and was persuaded to return to the Scottish Premiership this summer.
The 20-year-old would have been hoping to play in the Europa League when he returned to the Dons, but the club had to settle for a place in the Conference League after losing to Romanian outfit FCSB in the qualifiers.
Now, the Spurs academy centre-back has found out that he will not be playing any European football at all for the first half of the season.
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UEFA’s rules on the constitution and size of the squad meant that Jimmy Thelin’s men had to leave out five players from the Conference League squad, and Dorrington is one of the players to miss out.
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Dorrington was a key player for Aberdeen last term, and even started in the Scottish League Cup final, which the Dons won on penalties against Celtic.
The club’s decision to leave the England Under-19 international out of the Conference League squad would have thus come as a surprise to the player as well as his parent club.