Arsene Wenger claims the 25-man squad rule will lead to court battles - Football News - Football - Sport - People.co.uk
Arsene Wenger fears the Premier League’s new 25-man squad rule will cause carnage – and end in players ripping up their contracts.*
The Gunners boss revealed a FIFA regulation is in place in the top-flight that allows any player who features in less than 10 per cent of matches over the course of a season to terminate their contract and seek compensation for loss of earnings.*
He said: “Players have already integrated into the way of thinking that clubs have to give their list of 25 names to the Premier League. They think, ‘If I am not in the 25 I will retire, or I will go here, or I will go there, or I go to court’.*
“Do not forget that in England if a player plays less than 10 per cent of games in a season – which is a FIFA rule – you can get rid of your contract. I would like to know when they voted in the Premier League that they knew this rule.
“It would not count if you are injured. But if you do not play enough games, you can get in front of a FIFA commission that then decides how much money you have to pay to buy out your contract.*
“If you are not in the 25 how can you play? Yet a player who doesn’t play more than 10 per cent of games can go to FIFA and say I want to get rid of my contract.”
Arsene Wenger fears the Premier League’s new 25-man squad rule will cause carnage – and end in players ripping up their contracts.*
The Gunners boss revealed a FIFA regulation is in place in the top-flight that allows any player who features in less than 10 per cent of matches over the course of a season to terminate their contract and seek compensation for loss of earnings.*
He said: “Players have already integrated into the way of thinking that clubs have to give their list of 25 names to the Premier League. They think, ‘If I am not in the 25 I will retire, or I will go here, or I will go there, or I go to court’.*
“Do not forget that in England if a player plays less than 10 per cent of games in a season – which is a FIFA rule – you can get rid of your contract. I would like to know when they voted in the Premier League that they knew this rule.
“It would not count if you are injured. But if you do not play enough games, you can get in front of a FIFA commission that then decides how much money you have to pay to buy out your contract.*
“If you are not in the 25 how can you play? Yet a player who doesn’t play more than 10 per cent of games can go to FIFA and say I want to get rid of my contract.”
Comment