The Emirates Football Association Board of Directors held a remote meeting this evening, with a visual communication system, chaired by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, President of the Federation, and the participation of members of the Council.

During the meeting, the recommendations and scenarios for the currently suspended football activity, and the directions recently issued by the FIFA, were reviewed.

Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi confirmed in a speech during the meeting that health comes first and foremost and that the safety of community members is always the most important, stressing that the decisions of the Football Association must be focused in the same context.

For his part, the General Secretary of the Federation, Mohammed Abdullah Hazam Al-Dhaheri, said that the meeting discussed the report prepared by the union's coordinating work team, which included a number of recommendations for players ’contracts in various categories, the fate of local competitions / the President’s Cup - the Arab Gulf League - First Division League /, and periods Registration and registration of players, based on what was stated in the "FIFA" recommendation .. And that the board of directors agreed to issue an amended decision for the annual circular issued by the players' positions and transfers for the sports season 2019-2020, clubs are allowed to sign annexes of collective consensual temporary contracts for all players and coaches, including Put off or Reducing their salaries for a certain period / from the date of March 15, 2020 until the return of sports activity /.

Concerning the national players and coaches, he said that the Board of Directors authorized the clubs to deduct a percentage of the monthly salary for a temporary period of no more than 40%, provided that the minimum salary for the player after deduction is not less than 15,000 dirhams for professional clubs, while it was stipulated regarding the players and coaches of the clubs clubs The first is that the provisional deduction rate from the salary does not exceed 40%, provided that the minimum salary after deduction is not less than 10 thousand dirhams, while FIFA regulations and organizational rules are applied to foreign players and coaches, since the internal decisions issued by the Football Association are not binding before the judicial committees and Arbitration in FIFA.

With regard to contracts for citizens and technical players, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of another revised decision for the annual circular No. 1 issued by the Committee on the Status and Transfer of Players for the sports season 2019/2020 permits clubs to extend contracts that are scheduled to end at the end of the current sports season to the new date of the end of the season In the event of an extension and postponing the entry into force of new contracts that are scheduled to start with the start of the sports season 2020/2021 to the new date of the beginning of the season with the postponement of the payment of the financial payments due to the beginning of the new season arising from the player’s transfer or the financial payments due to the player at Entry into force of his contract.

The Board of Directors decided that it is permissible to register professional citizen players outside the registration and registration periods, whose contracts were canceled by their clubs due to the current health bidder and to allow them to participate in all local competitions if the player meets the conditions mentioned in the competition regulations.

Regarding the period of registration and registration of players for the sports season 2020/2021, Al Dhaheri confirmed that the Board of Directors of the Football Association assigned the Committee for the Status and Transfer of Players in the Football Association in coordination with the work team formed by the Board of Directors to determine the appropriate dates in line with FIFA's organizational rules.

The Board of Directors of the Football Association decided to hold a workshop tomorrow "Monday" with the visual communication system to explain the latest decisions issued by the Football Association and clarify it to all representatives of clubs in the country.