Crespo, Walter Samuel and Olivier Dacourt have been dropped from the squad as new signing Ricardo Quaresma and Mario Balotelli booked their places in the 25-man list.

The 33-year old striker turned down offers from Sampdoria and Palermo as he was looking for a big club before the closure of the transfer window.

Mourinho named four strikers in his Champions League squad; Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Julio Cruz, Adriano and Balotelli.

Inter will fight against Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and Anorthosis in group B.