Brazil calls for eight players to be banned from participating in the English Premier League, and Liverpool is the most affected

The Brazilian Football Confederation has called for eight Brazilian players to be banned from playing in the English Premier League this weekend, due to the refusal of their clubs to allow them to participate in the international level with their country.

And the British news agency (PA Media) reported that the Brazilian Confederation demanded, in a letter to the International Football Association (FIFA), the imposition of exceptional restrictions on the eight players and their non-participation with their clubs in the period between the tenth and the 14th of this month.

This threat would make Liverpool the most affected by the expected decision, as it comes to prominent players in the team, goalkeeper Alison, Fabinho and Firmino, along with City players, goalkeeper Ederson and Gabriel Jesus, and Fred from Manchester United and Thiago Silva in Chelsea and Rafinha in Leeds, while they did not The federation is requesting restrictions on Richarlison, who was allowed by his club to participate with his country in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

In turn, FIFA has contacted the FA and the relevant clubs regarding the request made by the Brazilian Football Confederation.

The International Federation may impose sanctions if players participate with their clubs at a time when they are classified as players ineligible to participate.

And the English Premier League had announced, before the start of the international break in September, that players would not be allowed to travel to countries that were placed on the red list for the Corona virus in the United Kingdom.

And anyone returning from one of the red list countries or was in one of those countries ten days before entering the United Kingdom, must be subject to quarantine in a government-approved hotel for a period of ten days, which means the absence of players from the English Premier League, Champions League and European Cup matches. English Professional Association.

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