The Spanish football association considers the decision to increase the days that clubs will lose their players in September and October very serious.
LaLiga support all Spanish clubs that are not willing to give up their players to South American teams for the next international stop. According to a statement issued by the employer’s association Javier Tebas, this measure is taken in response to the “serious unilateral decision by FIFA to increase the international FIFA period by two days, from 9 to 11 days in September and October” for CONMEBOL.
In this way, any Spanish club that has players selected by Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia or Peru will have the support of LaLiga not to loan them, as well as to perform “legal actions” against the extension of the FIFA dates “which affects the integrity of the Spanish competition by not allowing the availability of the players.”
The Spanish football association considers that they have not addressed “other solutions that were raised in the World Leagues Forum”, where they already showed their discomfort in the face of this situation “and in the face of the lack of sensitivity towards clubs, on a matter. “The international calendar, recalls LaLiga,” is set and agreed 4 years in advance, “although it clarifies that the national leagues have already been flexible and have adapted due to Covid circumstances,” but always a form agreed upon by all parties involved “.
The affected clubs will be summoned to a meeting in LaLiga in the coming days to clarify the actions that can be carried out.
LaLiga, although for different reasons, follows in the wake of the Premier League, which this afternoon has announced that its clubs will not lend to international players who are summoned by selections of countries declared high risk by Covid, since to the dates they lose them they must add the ten days of quarantine that the regulations impose on them. of the British Government upon his return.
FIFA warns of consequences
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has already warned FIFA of the intention of the clubs to put obstacles to the decision of players. Its president, Alejandro Domnguez, made it known to Gianni Infantino himself.
FIFA’s response was sent to CONMEBOL by letter last Monday and made it clear that the decision to modify the calendar was “effectively implemented” and had been adopted after prior consultations with “different international football interest groups.” . Infantino reiterates that it is “fully valid” and that it is communicated to the federations and clubs, not without reminding them of the “regulatory bases to which they are subject” and the “consequences of their possible non-compliance”.
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