FIFA, on Tuesday, made a series of amendments to players ’contracts and summer Mercato dates due to a global outbreak of the Corona pandemic.
FIFA confirmed in an official statement on its website: “He made the decisions in consultation with various stakeholders, after the unprecedented turmoil caused by the Coruna virus.” Maintaining the players ’contracts until the end of the season FIFA approved the amendment of the players ’contracts, which usually expire at the original end of the season, to coincide with the actual end of the season.
Fair solutions to economic impacts
FIFA called on clubs and players to work together to find agreements and solutions, during the period in which football tournaments are suspended, “noting that it is primarily up to the relevant national parties to find solutions appropriate to the circumstances in each country.
Transfer market
Regarding the Mercato deadlines, FIFA recognized that it was necessary to adjust the situation according to the new circumstances.
Accordingly, the International Federation will be flexible, and it will allow unions to specify the transfer times, provided that they fall between the end of the old season and the start of the new season. The virus has so far spread to 209 countries, although China is the epicenter of the outbreak, but it has effectively controlled the spread of the disease, and has no longer had any significant infections, and the deaths have not crossed 3,331 infections. While in countries such as: the United States (400,000 injuries, 12,860 deaths), Italy (135,000 injuries, 17135 deaths), and Spain (140,000 injuries, 13912 deaths), several thousand casualties and hundreds of deaths are recorded daily, along with hundreds of thousands in About 209 countries, as the infections exceeded the barrier of one million and 422 thousand cases, 301 thousand people have recovered from the disease, and deaths have approached 82 thousand deaths, according to the website “World Ometer”, which specializes in the statistics of HIV infection around the world.
It also disrupted the study in a number of countries around the world, in addition to canceling many public events and events and isolating millions of citizens. Also, several countries stopped flights and land between each other, and most countries in the Middle East imposed a partial curfew, fearing the spread of the virus would continue.On March 11, the World Health Organization classified the (Covid-19) disease caused by the “pandemic” or “global pandemic” virus, confirming that the infection figures are increasing very quickly, expressing concern that the infection rate may increase significantly.