Champions League suspended players: Arsenal boost, Aston Villa blow as four players banned for this week's fixtures

The Champions League league phase resumes this week as 36 teams look to boost their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the competition. Despite the main stage of the 2026-27 tournament being in its infancy, there were as many as 11 players who were suspended for matchday one . One of those players is still banned for matchday two, but three fresh faces will join him in sitting out his team's respective fixture on matchday two. Here, Sports Mole highlights the four players who are banned from playing in the next batch of Champions League matches.