Bale and Trippier will not occupy a place of non-EU citizens

Extract from RFEF circular 50 after Brexit

The Royal Spanish Football Federation wishes to inform about the interpretive agreement reached with AFE and LaLiga in relation to the situation of footballers with nationality of the United Kingdom as a result of the departure of said State from the European Union as of January 1, 2019. 2021 and taking into account the absence of a specific agreement adopted in the framework of Brexit for the regulation of the situation of professional athletes for this purpose.

In this sense, it is reported that the agreement reached with AFE and LaLiga deals with the following points:

1. Footballers with nationality of the United Kingdom who are registered as of January 1, 2021 will be considered for the purposes of registration, maximum allowed quotas and possibility of alignment, as non-EU.

2. On a temporary basis, the community status with which the 2020-2021 season began will be maintained for all those footballers with nationality of the United Kingdom who, as of December 31, 2020, have signed a contract and issued a valid license with an affiliated club to professional categories, for the purposes of the maximum number of registrations allowed and the possibility of line-up in matches of these categories, until the end of the 2020-2021 season. This transience will also be applicable to footballers registered in dependent teams or in teams of affiliated clubs of the previous ones.

3. Finally, it is agreed to raise the agreement reached between the three institutions to the Higher Sports Council in order for this body to show its compliance with the adjustment to the current national legislation and applicable to that effect and, in order that, in its In this case, it can extend its effects until the current expiration date of the contracts of the affected players, but without the possibility of extension due to extensions or extensions of these.

Dated

December 31, 2020