DOHA (REUTERS) – Team squads for November’s World Cup Finals in Qatar may very well be expanded from 23 to 26 gamers by governing physique Fifa, a supply with information of the discussions advised Reuters on Wednesday (March 30).
National staff coaches and federation officers will talk about whether or not to take the step at their assembly with Fifa on Friday forward of the draw for the Finals.
The impression of Covid-19 on gamers and using 5 substitutes per match has led some within the sport to counsel permitting squads to have three further gamers.
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Uefa allowed 26-man squads for the European Championship final 12 months, though solely 23 gamers may very well be named for every sport.
South American governing physique Conmebol allowed groups in final 12 months’s Copa America to call 28-man squads.
Any closing resolution would have to be made by the organising committee for Fifa competitions and be ratified by the governing physique.
