These are the new rules for player registration

The entry into force of the new version of the Law and Transfer of Players Regulations, this April 1, provides various transfer window newsboth summer and winter.

FIFA, including new articles, makes it flexible The temporary term of these markets, while changing some rules that change the ‘rules of the game’ in certain situations.

Deadlines

He first enrollment period It starts between the day after the last day of competition of the previous course and the first day of the new season. In Spain, where the playoff for promotion to the First Division ends on June 18, the market may start with a period that varies between June 19 and July 1.

“This first enrollment period should last between eight and 12 weeks“, according to the new Regulation. The second season, the winter market “will start in the middle of the season and should not last not less than four weeks or more than eight”.

It assumes, according to the new articles, that “in sum, both periods shall not exceed 16 weeks“Which empowers the Federations to mark a winter market, for example, that goes from January 1 to February 20, provided that the summer market runs according to the usual parameters, from July 1 to August 31.

Late signings

Possible clock in these times? Yes. What is new is the case, for example, of the “professional player who unilaterally terminated his contract with just cause, or whose contract was unilaterally terminated by his club without just cause”.

This is the case of Cristiano Ronaldo with United: he terminated on November 22 and if it was considered that there was a ‘reasonable reason’, he could sign with any club without waiting for the opening of the winter transfer window, on January 1.

And since it already exists, the option to sign a player after the deadline “whose contract has ended naturally or ended by mutual agreement” is kept. before the end of the registration period applicable to the contracting club”.

maternity leave

In the case of Women’s Football a player is allowed to register “to temporarily replace another player who on maternity leave“. And also “a player may be registered outside the registration period after the end of maternity leave.”

And in both men’s and women’s football, “regardless of the date of expiration or termination of the contract, the professional player has the right to register an FM outside the registration period whose contract has expired or been terminated as a result of COVID-19“.