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Soccer-Premier clubs could face sanctions over South American players

September 8, 2021 by David Barret Leave a Comment

September 8, 2021

By Simon Evans

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Premier League clubs could face sanctions from FIFA if they play South American players, who were not released for international duty, in this weekend’s games.

Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City are among clubs who did not release Brazilian players for the current international break due to them having to travel to “red list” countries and face a choice of not selecting those players this weekend or running the risk of sanctions.

Sources told Reuters that the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has triggered the “automatic restriction period” of five days which stops clubs picking players who have not been released.

The CBF later confirmed that it had contacted FIFA to enforce their rules.

“The information is correct,” a CBF spokesman said. “We’re only asking that FIFA comply with the regulations after players do not present themselves (for international duty).”

The spokesman said the request did not cover Everton striker Richarlison, who had previously been released by his club for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The CBF have also asked for the restriction to be applied to Russian club Zenit St Petersburg who recalled their players Malcom and Claudinho after they had joined the Brazil squad.

Premier League clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers, Newcastle United and Watford, along with Championship team Blackburn Rovers, could also lose players this weekend after the Chilean, Mexican and Paraguayan associations also activated the restriction period.

FIFA’s rules state that any club selecting a player during the restriction period could face disciplinary action. It is not clear what kind of sanction the clubs could face.

HOTEL QUARANTINE

With South American countries on the COVID-19 red list for travel from the UK — meaning players would face hotel quarantine upon return to the country — the clubs chose not to release their players.

FIFA declined to comment. The Premier League and the Football Association were not immediately available for comment.

Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni said he was still unhappy with last weekend’s confusion.

“If they don’t take action I see the rest of the qualifiers as complicated,” Scaloni told reporters before Argentina’s match against Bolivia, scheduled for Thursday in Buenos Aires.

“We have time before the next qualifiers. The coaches and federations will get together to look for a solutions. Because this can’t happen again for the next round of qualifiers.”

The CEO of the European Club Association (ECA), Charlie Marshall, said on Tuesday that the clubs should not face any punishment.

“We don’t think there should be sanctions because if a player has to quarantine he is unavailable to immediately play for his club again, so it would be longer than the agreed release period,” he said.

FIFA had waived its normal regulations on international call-ups during the pandemic but did not extend that waiver to cover the current games.

Liverpool would be without Alisson Becker, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino for their match at Leeds United on Sunday. The Yorkshire club would be without Raphinha.

Manchester City would be without goalkeeper Ederson and Gabriel Jesus against Leicester City on Saturday. Manchester United midfielder Fred and Chelsea defender Thiago Silva would also be impacted.

Players from Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur did feature for Argentina in their game against Brazil which was abandoned after five minutes on Sunday.

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings after Brazilian health authorities invaded the pitch to stop the game after accusing four of Argentina’s English Premier League players of violating the country’s COVID-19 quarantine rules.

(Reporting by Simon Evans, Additional reporting by Andrew Downie, Editing by Christian Radnedge and Ed Osmond)

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David Barret
David Barret

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