Cesare Casadei, Joao Felix, Axel Disasi and Renato Veiga were all regulars during the league phase but have since been allowed to leave on loan, while Mykhailo Mudryk is suspended and Marc Guiu, the joint-top scorer in the Conference League, is injured. Others like Christopher Nkunku, Tosin Adarabioyo and, to a lesser extent, Enzo Fernandez, who once relied on this competition for the bulk of their minutes, have since become Premier League regulars out of necessity.
