What sanction could FIFA apply to the Premier League if it refuses to release the players
Given the refusal of the Premier League to give up its players, FIFA is analyzing serious measures that can affect economically and sportingly one of the most important leagues in the world.
FIFA threatened to apply sanctions to federations or other institutions that do not hand over their players for qualifying matches for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. It did so after the English Premier League announced that it will not yield to South American players competing in their teams to those selected who will compete in the triple round of qualifying rounds. The Spanish League was also added, announcing that it will support clubs that individually make the same decision.
The Association of European Clubs, of which not only the three entities that proposed to found the now ill-fated Superliga, the Italian Juventus and the Spanish Real Madrid and Barcelona are part, manifested in support of the initiative of the English league and went out to promote it so that it is imitated by the rest of the federations of the continent.
Surely as soon as it is known - if the English go ahead with the refusal - if the sanction is economic or sports, it will be determined whether the remaining European federations join the Premier League or withdraw and comply with the regulations.
If the punishment is purely economic, the risk that England will be joined by other countries is more than feasible, but if the sanction is sports, it will surely be intimidating in the face of a probable loss of points or that, for example, the players called up who cannot Nor can they act for their national teams for their clubs during the qualifying period plus the 10 days after the quarantine.
