It's about the South American World Cup qualification. In Spain, 28 players in the first and second division are affected.
The dispute over the release of football players for the South American World Cup qualification continues. After the CAS International Court of Sports rejected an urgency request by the Spanish LaLiga against measures by the world association FIFA on Sunday, an appeal procedure with the establishment of a CAS arbitration tribunal will shortly be continued. A CAS spokeswoman announced this to the German press agency on Monday.
In its application, the Spanish league requested the CAS to suspend implementation of the amendment to the FIFA calendar for international matches. FIFA had only extended the storage period for South America by two to eleven days. The world federation violated its own statutes and regulations, argued the Spaniards. FIFA will also be sued for violation of the competition rules in the ordinary courts in Switzerland. FIFA announced on Sunday that, following the CAS decision, it was expecting national players to be released for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in South America.
Approval for 28 players
The English Premier League clubs had also announced that they would not send any players to World Cup qualifiers in those countries that are on the British government's red list due to the corona pandemic.
The next qualifying matches for the World Cup in Qatar will take place from September 2nd to 10th. The dispute between LaLiga and FIFA is about the clearance for a total of 28 players from the first and second division of Spain, who were called up by the South American national teams. LaLiga claim these professionals will not be available to their clubs on matchdays scheduled for September 11th and 12th. Some of the schedule times for the day are to be changed, and two games will be postponed indefinitely.
The FIFA extension decision, which also affects Bundesliga clubs with South American national players, also applies to the qualifying matches at the beginning of October.
