FIFA has announced that it will provide facilities for Premier League footballers to travel with their national teams during the next international break. In this way, the players of the English teams who have to defend the countries that are on the red list, as was the case of Brazil last September, which led to fierce controversies between clubs and federations, they will no longer have the problem of being able to play with their national teams and then rejoin the routine of your team without mandatory quarantines.
According to the statement, FIFA explained: “FIFA welcomes the UK Government's decision to give players vaccinated on the full schedule the opportunity to represent their countries. in upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifying matches and return from a red list country under custom-made quarantine conditions. “
And adds: “We have worked closely with the UK Government, the English Football Association and the Premier League to find a reasonable solution., for the benefit of all, and we believe that this is a much more convenient solution than the situation that the players faced in September. We recognize that this decision does not apply to all players, and we remain committed to continue to improve the situation for the next international windows and to hold discussions to further explain the many measures we are putting in place to reduce the risks of community transmission of the COVID-19 as a result of player travel. “