Spanish League insists on not ceding players to South American qualifier will initiate legal action | Spanish League

This Thursday, Spanish clubs met to address an issue that affects many parties. These are the triple dates of South American qualifier which are scheduled for Sept. 2-10 and Oct. 7-12. Laliga insists he will not give in to his players and explained the reason for the decision. He also mentioned that he will initiate precautionary actions.

In the statement, Laliga mentions that he met with the clubs affected by the call-up of players to the CONMEBOL national teams, “due to the two-day increase in the FIFA period, both in September and October 2021 , blatantly affecting the timing and integrity of Laliga ‘s competition “.

He explains that in other confederations such as UEFA or CONCACAF the period was not extended by two days, despite playing the same number of national team matches, ie three matches. “Making these confederations the effort to adapt to a maximum of 10 days (until Wednesday) for the dispute of the 3 international parties, without thus affecting the competitions of national leagues.”

Finally, the entity mentions that “after the meeting it was agreed, unanimously, to initiate precautionary measures before the competent judicial body in order to protect the rights and interests of the competition and the affected clubs. has agreed on the part of the clubs to communicate to their players summoned by selections of CONMEBOL the impossibility of the displacement with their respective selections, in the hope that the present situation and problematic are clarified “.

This strong decision affects several teams including Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, as they will not be able to count on ‘Papu’ Gómez, Luis Suárez and Casemiro, to name a few. Colombia on this occasion did not call up any players from this league, but it would be affected by the refusal of the Premier League and Serie A to lend their players.