FIGC, the Italian FA, and Serie A have greenlighted a slight but meaningful tweak to their policy about extra-EU signings that will come into effect this summer. The teams will continue to have two slots but without opening up one by partying ways with a player who falls into such a category first, Corriere dello Sport informed.
League president Lorenzo Casini addressed the modification to the press (via Goal).
“During the council, we decided to adjust the number of extra-EU footballers who can move to Italy every year. It’s still two but we removed the mandatory substitution. It’s four in France, but without counting their colonies, three per squad in Spain, while there’s no limit in Germany and England. We thank the Players’ Association for understanding the teams’ needs and playing ball on this front. We hadn’t had a rule change in ten years.”
FIGC head Gabriele Gravina weighed in as well.
“Italy is one of the most restrictive countries regarding this type of signing. There’s some resistance, but the dialogue is no longer just at the national level. We are getting increasingly strong pressure to align ourselves with the other leagues. Clubs had been waiting for this norm for many years, and we managed to come to an understanding. It’s a success.”
Serie A and FIGC are also in lockstep in opposing the inception of a new authority that would monitor the teams’ balance sheets and financial parameters to register for the leagues recently proposed by the Italian government.
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