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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9670
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social

Vladimir Spidla criticises FIFA proposed “rule 6+5”

Brussels, 28/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - Following FIFA's proposal to apply the “6+5 rule” and the UEFA system for locally trained players, European Commissioner for Social Affairs Vladimir Spidla declared, just before the FIFA world congress in Australia, that the European Commission could not accept the “6+5” rule demanding that 6 out of 11 players on the pitch where they play have the nationality of the football club they are playing for. He stated that the players are “workers...

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