Will overstaffed clubs like Manchester City or Chelsea have to review their sports policy? No doubt, if we believe the announcement of FIFA. The body said Thursday that player loans would be subject, from July 1, to a new regulation.
This reform aims to “strengthen the development of young players, improve the competitive balance and prevent the excessive accumulation of players under contract”, argued FIFA. This plans to limit to three the number of players that a club can loan to the same team, a measure that goes against the “satellite” clubs that the big formations use to play those who do not have a place in their workforce.
Several clubs very fond of these practices
This is the case of Monaco with Cercle Brugge, or Chelsea with Vitesse Arnhem, which has welcomed around thirty players from the “Blues” in the form of a loan over the past ten seasons. The body will limit the total number of loans a club can make each season. The limit will be set at 8 for fiscal year 2022-23, and will gradually decrease to 6 from July 2024. Currently,
according to data from the Transfermarkt website, Manchester City, one of the most greedy clubs on the subject, has 14 players on loan.
The reform also determines a maximum loan period (one year) as well as the prohibition to under-lend a player. It does not concern young players aged 21 or under, as well as those trained at the club.
“Initially planned for July 2020, the introduction of the regulations had to be delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic”, explains FIFA, which recalls that it must be subject to “approval by the FIFA Council during of its next session. The body has been engaged since 2017 in a broader project to define a new framework for transfers, which includes in particular the question of the role of the agent and his commissions.
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