After the transfer window closes, it’s fairly uncommon for undesired players to still be listed on the club’s roster where they are no longer needed.
This may lead to awkward circumstances when a player is left hanging until a solution is found.
When clubs submit their squad lists for the first half of the season, the awkward nature of these situations is laid bare.
A player over the age of 21 cannot play in the league until the January transfer window if they are not listed on their club’s roster list.
This regulation can be quite harsh for players who are out of favor, as was the case with Lewis O’Brien last season.
For the second half of the season, he wasn’t listed in Nottingham Forest’s Premier League roster. He was unable to play for Forest or complete a move to the Championship after a loan move to Blackburn Rovers fell through and the window closed.
O’Brien was fortunately not left out in the cold for too long because DC United was able to sign him on a loan because the MLS window was still open.
Here are six players who were left off the list after clubs reported their squads for the first two halves of the current season.
Helder Costa
Once a regular fixture at Leeds United, the Angola international is no longer in the picture at Elland Road. He has spent two seasons out on loan but did not secure another move away from West Yorkshire during the summer window.
He has been seen training at Thorp Arch but is reportedly not working under Daniel Farke, instead training with the under-21s.
Marvin Johnson
The 32-year-old was one of Darren Moore’s most trusted lieutenants at Sheffield Wednesday but has been cast aside by Moore’s successor Xisco Munoz.
He was linked with Derby County in the late stages of the summer window but a move did not materialise, leaving him out in the cold in S6.
Kortney Hause
The 28-year-old has made55 appearances for Aston Villa since arriving at the club in 2019. However, he will not be adding to his league outings tally anytime soon having been left out of Villa’s Premier League squad.
Malang Sarr
Sarr has age on his side at just 24 but his future does not appear to be at Chelsea. The former France under-21 international has played the bulk of his football out on loan in recent years and his name was missing when Chelsea’s squad was announced.
Harry Arter
The midfielder has made just 14 appearances for Nottingham Forest since joining the club in 2020. He has had loan spells away from the City Ground, one of which was at Notts County, but has not sealed a permanent exit.
Ethan Horvath
Arter’s exclusion from the Forest list was hardly a surprise, but the decision not to include Horvath was slightly more newsworthy. A senior USA international, the goalkeeper helped Luton Town clinch promotion to the Premier League last season while on loan at Kenilworth Road.
Forest boss Steve Cooper has picked Matt Turner, Odysseas Vlachodimos and Wayne Hennessey as his goalkeeping options.
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