why Kvaratskhelia will not play against Manchester City and Stuttgart

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia officially joined Paris Saint-Germain this Friday during the winter transfer window. Although the Georgian winger has not played a European match this season with Naples, he will not be available for the Champions League clashes against Manchester City and Stuttgart.

Validated by Luis Campos and Luis Enrique, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia signed for PSG this Friday. New offensive star of the Parisian club, the Georgian winger will not be able to play in the Ile-de-France residents' next two matches in the Champions League. Against Manchester City on January 22 at the Parc des Princes, then a week later in Stuttgart, the 23-year-old talent will have to be content with a supporting role.

Despite the absence of European competition for Naples this season, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia will not qualify for the duels against the Skyblues and the German team. The fault of the new C1 format.

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Kvaratskhelia will have to wait until the end of the championship phase

Unlike previous years, where the groups were already completed and the posters for the eighth were known, the overhaul of the Champions League has disrupted the calendar. And despite a winter transfer window starting before the last two days of the league phase, it is impossible to register a reinforcement arriving in January according to the regulations in force within UEFA.

“After the completion of the league stage and before the start of the knockout stage, a club may register a maximum of three new qualified players for the remaining matches of the current competition. These registrations must be made until 6 February 2025 (at midnight) at the latest”, details article 32.01 of the continental body.

Provisional 25th (out of 36 teams) with seven points in six matches, PSG currently occupies the place of first eliminated club. During the clash against Manchester City then for its trip across the Rhine, Paris will try to secure its place in the Champions League play-offs. It is therefore only in the event of qualification for the rest of the competition that Khvicha Kvaratskhelia will be able to play.