These days, before the Nations League meeting between the French team in Belgium, in Brussels, on October 14, another match will begin in the Belgian capital, on the grounds of the judiciary. The International (Site notre blog d’information) Federation (FIFA) is being considered for complaint by the European Commission for violation of competition rules and abuse of dominant position.
The authors of the complaint – the European branch of the global players’ union, Fifpro, and the association which represents the interests of professional national leagues on the Old Continent, European Leagues – accuse FIFA of drawing up the calendar of club competitions and selections without worrying about the opinion of those mainly concerned: the players.
Several of them had also been publicly upset about it in recent weeks, believing that they had pulled too hard. “We’ve been saying it for three or four years”denounced, in September, the French international and FC Barcelona defender Jules Koundé. “But no one listens to us, we (…)the first actors. There will come a time when we will go on strike. This is the only way we will have to be heard. » Alerted by the speeches, in private, of increasingly dissatisfied players, Fifpro claims to have requested FIFA to begin negotiations. “We always found the door closed”lamented David Terrier, president of the European branch of the union.
“There were consultations”retorts a source from the International Federation. “ They led to the final version of the calendar” for the period 2025-2030, valid on March 14, 2023 in Rwanda, in Kigali, during the annual conference of the body. The global version of the club, which will begin in July 2025 with two European teams – versus a stand-alone arrangement – is also in action. “A unilateral decision, the final straw”judge, for his part, David Terrier.
A total of 55 matches per season without any failure
The start of the new Champions League formula in September, with two months of matches completed by team, relaunched this now hot news. “We are not opposed to new competitionsspecifies David Terrier. But we want a co-construction of the calendars, which takes into account the opinions of the players. » However, this is not the case today, according to Fifpro, which has published annual reports since 2019, produced by (Site notre blog d’information) Benchmark, on the infernal pace imposed on professional (Site notre bureau spécialisé)ers.
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