Conmebol’s request to FIFA for the players before the Qatar 2022 World Cup

The South American Confederation requested that the players be loaned on November 9 for the World Cup, before the competition in the European leagues ends.

Conmebol held a Council meeting at the headquarters in Luque, Paraguay: there, the directors of the entity commanded by Alejandro Domínguez resolved to give unanimous support to Gianni Infantino’s candidacy to be re-elected as FIFA president. And, in turn, They also asked him about the players for the Qatar 2022 World Cup…

The leaders of the different associations of Conmebol asked him that the soccer players of the four South American teams that will play the World Cup (the Argentine National Team, Brazil, Uruguay and Ecuador) be loaned by the clubs on November 9, a few days before the end of the competition in Europe (There are leagues that end on the 13th, just a week before the start of the event in Qatar).

In exchange, from Conmebol They offered not to mention these players for the FIFA date in March, when the next Qualifiers would begin for the 2026 World Cup (which will be played in Mexico, the United States and Canada). Key days are coming, in the run-up to the Qatar World Cup…

Conmebol’s full statement with its support for Gianni Infantino at FIFA

• “The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, who will seek re-election next March, met with the members of the CONMEBOL Council, in Luque, Paraguay.
  
• After an exchange of views on the present and future of South American and world football, Infantino received the unanimous support of the CONMEBOL Member Associations.
  

After participating in the inauguration of the APF Women’s High Performance Center, FIFA President Gianni Infantino met with the members of the CONMEBOL Council, at the Confederation headquarters, in Luque, Paraguay.

After a conversation about the current reality and the future scenarios of South American and world football, the CONMEBOL Member Associations gave their unanimous support to Infantino, who aspires to a new term at the head of FIFA.

The FIFA congress is scheduled for March next year in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. On that occasion, Infantino will seek to renew his mandate for one more term.”