The other clubs do not complain much. And in some cases it helps them sell their players to bigger clubs.
There is that. And the idea that Juve would be entitled to decline a players call up due to the fact he was called up two years ago while playing for Shalke.
The clubs can continue letting their players play in the Gold Cup if they think it improves their transfer value - on a voluntary basis. But it shouldn’t be a mandatory release. Believe me, MLS clubs too will get tired of losing key players in the summer stretch. Numerous fans already seem to be. Why are you so opposed to cutting down mandatory releases for nations cups to one per cycle? Still holding out hope for a sandwiched Copa Pan-America on top of the Gold Cup?
I am not opposed to it. I just think a Confederation has a right to do whatever they want and it is not really other Confederations business if they decide to have two completions in a 4 year cycle. And no one is really complaining about it so why fix something that is not broken?
The Spanish football league, LaLiga, on Friday said it had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over FIFA's decision to extend the South American (CONMEBOL) World Cup qualifying window. https://www.thestar.com.my//footbal...liga-confirm-cas-appeal-against-fifa-conmebol
Link is broken, but it does seem nuts to sneak-in a round of int'l matches 30 hours before some players have a scheduled match for their club. I'm surprised it took them 3 weeks to appeal.
Well, Brazil has called replacements for the England-based players. For now they are still counting on players in Spain and Italy (in fact one of the replacements is from La Liga - Vini Jr.)
Colombia has purchased plane tickets for every player called so they are expected to be in South America no matter what. Same for Uruguay. Whether they get cold feet or not or feel too much pressure from their employers still remains to be seen.
That's true - its highly political. But whether the US is on the UK's red list or not, the players coming back from playing a contact sport in 2 to 3 different South American countries are high risk and should be "red listed". We saw what happened at the beginning of the Copa America tournament...
These extra WC games should have been played in June when the CA was held. I hope that the clubs stand firm and refuse to release players this time. It will teach COMNEBOL - surely the worst governed of all the confederations - a much-needed lesson.
As stated before. Due to the Pandemic CONMEBOL lost a lot of money. They did not want to lose a lot more money by cancelling the the Copa and voiding contracts by sponsors and Television Networks.
I understand that, but they already had a CA in the current cycle, they didn't need another one 12 months later (originally scheduled for 2020 after 2019).
Who are you to say that they did not need it? 1) They needed it for finances. But Especially after a horrible 2020. Cancelling contracts were not an option. 2) They also needed it for competitive advantages. South American teams who do not make the World Cup need the Copa America as often as possible to play in competitive matches. If the Copa would have been cancelled then those teams would have had to wait until Summer of 2024 to play in competitive matches other than Qualifiers which are being too spread out and delayed and put out of rhythm by European Clubs ! Friendlies can only do so much. That is just way too inconsistent and certainly not fair.
If they were more innovative they could find other ways to play competitive games than continually holding CAs which only decreases the value of the competition compared to, for example, the EC.
Not true. I have never heard an Uruguayan say that their 1995 Copa America is not worth as much a Brazil's 2007 Copa America. It does not decrease the value, but that is an argument for another thread.
Update on South American players saying screw you to the clubs... ...supposedly the Argentina players based in England have come to a decision to fly to South America on Sunday. https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/...-reportarian-seleccion-pese-oposicion-premier
True, it depreciates their tournament. But remember, they are Conmebol and they will sell their mothers down the river. Case in point: Copa Centenario. The 100th anniversary of their continental tournament was played where common local fans could not travel (visas, dollars). Copa America 2020(2021*) was meant to be a cash-grab: - AFC guests; to increase TV right sales in Asia. - Split between the most distant confederation members: ARG and COL; to maximize attendance with less games per host country. Although a cash-grab, they needed it badly. Their US bank accounts remain frozen since 2015, so Conmebol needed to generate money fast. Their HQ in Paraguay and their charter jets do not come free. https://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/conmebol-aviones-copas-libertadores_0_P-Trbmd5E.html
All the players are leaving (because, shockingly for many, they have a will of their own) and clubs can do nothing because FIFA is on their side The only ones that are being taught a lesson are european clubs.
I don't doubt this, but ... Australia and Qatar are not near the top of the list of countries that would help achieve this. J
https://www.fifa.com/media-releases/fifa-welcomes-cas-decision-fifa-world-cup-qualifying CAS rules against La Liga and in favor of FIFA.
I wonder how much the leagues actually expected to block releasing players this time as opposed to how much they wanted to make sure they were heard for the future. There's always the long game to protect.
Once we start considering this from 2020 on, I'm in agreement. The right move in hindsight would've been not to hold the 2019 edition, if alignment with the Euro was Alejandro Domínguez's main goal. When you have to throw in that caveat... Conmebol's weaker members are privileged in that only Conmebol and UEFA have all their members involved in WCQ until the very end. I don't see how you make the argument that 2 Copa Américas in the same WC cycle is a necessity when Domínguez himself shot down the idea of a Conmebol Nations League because it would be "redundant." ...nevertheless, it looks like a moot point, since Conmebol pegging their calendar to UEFA's means that the Copa América's most likely back to a quadrennial schedule.