Liverpool announce Europa League Squad

[calvoboy]

I have to say I never really understood the whole 'cup tied' thing anyway, I can see the case for players on loan, but other than that what's the point?

I think it dates back to the days before transfer windows, and when the cup was seen as almost (if not more) as important as the league. It was to prevent teams who have a good cup run from signing new players to unfairly boost their squad ahead of the final stages.

Not sure it's particularly relevant now with the transfer window though. Maybe still relevant for the league cup with it finishing in Feb, but then that competition has sunk so low in terms of prestige that I can't see it being a big issue.