The international footballers who were brought to play outside the EU at the end of March, which the French clubs wanted to keep due to a septain on their return, will have an exception if they respect a health bubble, the Ministry of Sports announced on Saturday i. in the face of growing controversy.
“The Ministry of Sports confirms that internationals returning from official competition outside the EU with their national, French or foreign teams are exempted from the saptain as soon as compliance with a strict health and medical protocol is guaranteed (bubble + daily PCR test upon return to the club), “the ministry wrote.” They will therefore be able to train and play without using a 7-day period, “he said.
This clarification opens a way for many international players playing in France, while the clubs in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 had agreed “unanimously” on Wednesday not to release them for the matches of their choice. They feared that isolation on their return would deprive them of the meetings on the 31st match day of the weekend of the 3-4. April.
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Fifa has relaxed its rules for convening players for the next international break, which begins on Monday, so clubs can retain their footballers if quarantine is required on return. And throughout Europe, the positions of the clubs have multiplied in favor of blocking internationals who are brought to travel outside the old continent.
Of many breeders, especially in Africa, was moved by the clubs’ refusal to release certain footballers, especially as the players from the French team themselves had been granted an exemption to be exempted from septain, despite planned trips to Kazakhstan (March 28) and Bosnia (March 31). , in the qualification for the 2022 World Cup.
The Dutch striker and Lyon captain Memphis Depay considered this decision “unfair” and sent an Twitter appeal to the French government on Friday, asking to participate in the selection of the Netherlands, which will play in Turkey in particular (24 . March) ).
In Europe, some qualifying matches for the next World Cup are planned outside the EU. This is the case with the Serbia-Portugal shock (March 27). In Africa, elections must play the end of qualifying for the African Cup of Nations, scheduled for early 2022.
(With AFP)
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