No place for Degen

There's no place for Daniel Ayala either, but Nathan Eccleston, David Amoo and Martin Kelly were all named in the squad, which must include eight homegrown players.

Full squad: Cavalieri, Reina, Martin, Johnson, Agger, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Insua, Carragher, Darby, Kelly, Skrtel, Dossena, Aquilani, Gerrard, Benayoun, Mascherano, Leiva, Spearing, Plessis, Riera, Torres, Voronin, Kuyt, Babel, Ngog, Amoo, Eccleston.

Liverpool's first game will be at home to Debreceni on 16th September.