José Fonte, captain of Losc -
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Officially, nothing is decided yet.
For several days, the Losc has started discussions with several national federations.
On the menu: the release of players called up for selection during the international break.
Usually clubs cannot object.
But the coronavirus health crisis has changed the situation and FIFA no longer prohibits clubs from preventing their players from joining their selection if they are forced to observe an isolation period of more than five days upon return from their selections (outside the European Union).
In Lille, the crux of the problem concerns the Turkish (Celik, Yazici, Yilmaz) and Portuguese (Fonte, Sanches) selections.
As Turkey is not in the European Union and Portugal are due to travel to Serbia, which is not a member of the EU, its affected players may have to observe a week of isolation after their international match. .
"We do not know if they will be deprived of septaine on their return"
“For the moment, no agreement has been found with the federations concerned.
Even if the players are and remain in a health bubble, it is not known whether they will be deprived of a septaine upon their return.
An exception is made for the France team but we do not yet know if this will be the case for the other selections.
It's annoying, ”recognizes Christophe Galtier.
All the more annoying as the Losc must challenge PSG in Ligue 1 on the return of the truce.
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