The Gers manager filed his 25-man squad, which does not include homegrown players, to UEFA on Friday (2 February).
New signing Oscar Cortes, defender Leon Balogun and midfielder Kieran Dowell will all be left out of the squad.
Ridvan Yilmaz, Fabio Silva and Mohamed Diomande have all been brought in.
“If you look at finding a balance, then Ridvan needs to be in,” Clement said, as quoted by the Daily Record [2 February.
“You need two full-backs – that was a problem in the first round. If there was a problem with Borna Barisic, we didn’t have any left-back.
“That was a difficult point on that European list that I have submitted today. Sam Lammers is out, so Fabio Silva is in. That’s logical. Cifu is probably out so Diomande comes in instead of him.
“Ridvan will come on the list so that means Leon Balogun, Kieran Dowell and Cortes cannot be on the list. That hurts me.
“We have been puzzling for hours with the staff these past few days and you always come to the same conclusions. You cannot keep the balance unless you make these changes.”
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