The body that governs world football sent a letter to the world players’ union in the midst of controversy over the large number of games in the season.
The FIFA denied in a letter addressed to the World Leagues Association and the world players union (FIFPRO) to have “tax” the international calendar, while both organizations oppose the dispute of the Club World Cup in 2025 on the dates planned by FIFA.
In a letter addressed on May 2 to the president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantinoof which AFP obtained a copy on Thursday, the World Leagues and FIFPRO They considered that the competition calendar was “above saturation” and urged the governing body of world football to modify the programming of the Club World Cupexpanded to 32 teams and whose dispute is scheduled from June 15 to July 13, 2025 in USA.
“We reject any suggestion or inference that FIFA ‘imposes’ the International Match Calendar (IMC) on the football community without adequate consultation, or to adapt it to its own ‘business strategy’.”responded the acting secretary general of the FIFA, Mattias Grafstormin a letter to which the AFP.
“As the governing body of world football, we have the duty and responsibility to conceive and implement an international calendar that is in the greatest interest of world football, including, among others, the interests of the confederations, the national teams, the leagues, the clubs, the players, and of course, the fans. They will understand that it is a complicated and demanding balancing act, and it is not always possible to satisfy everyone,” added the leader.
The FIFA thus claims to have “carried out that exercise effectively and judiciously” and indicates that “Any suggestion that he doesn’t, or didn’t, is simply not supported by the facts”specifying that the issue of the international calendar was discussed on several occasions with the World Association of Football Leagues and FIFPRO in 2021 and 2022.
“The strategic principles of the international calendar for 2025-2030 were approved by the FIFA Council on December 16, 2022 and, subsequently, the calendar itself was approved by the FIFA Council on March 14, 2023”continues the instance, which invites the World Association of Leagues and FIFPRO to resume the “dialogue” with it.
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