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Eduardo J. Castelao Madrid

Madrid

Updated Monday, March 18, 2024-15:03

The Federation knew, unofficially,

that

Brahim Díaz was not eligible for Spain since the beginning of this month.

That Brahim Díaz was not eligible for Spain was taken for granted by the Federation when FIFA sent it, on

Saturday, March 9

, the letter that the footballer had sent to the highest body in world football requesting to play for Morocco, and whose content was exclusively revealed by EL WORLD last Friday.

But the fact that FIFA had given the green light to the agreement between Morocco and Brahim to unite their destinies was not official until Tuesday of last week.

That day, March 12, in an official communication signed by its Legal Director to which this newspaper has had access, the Spanish

Emilio García Silvero

, FIFA informs the Spanish Federation of the resolution by which it accepts the request of the two parties ( the Moroccan Federation and the footballer).

The matter was settled by the sole judge of the Player Statute Chamber, the Argentine Javier Vijande, the text consists of two brief points.

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"The request of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation regarding the change of player Brahim Abdelkader Díaz has been accepted

," is the first of them.

The second: "

The player Brahim Abdelkader Díaz is eligible to play for the Royal Moroccan Football Federation team with immediate effect

."

That is to say, if there was any doubt about the possible loopholes to be used to 'recover' Brahim for the Spanish team, this document closed it.

In the resolution, which consists of three pages, to which this newspaper has had access, no further details are given about the

file with reference FPSD-14001

, which is the reference number of the matter

"Change of association of the player Brahim Abdelkader Diaz"

.

Of course, as is mandatory according to current statutes, the organization transfers the resolution to Spain so that it "takes note of its content and ensures its implementation", while giving 10 days to appeal.

"According to article 15 of the Football Court Regulations,

any appeal must be received in writing at the FIFA general secretariat within 10 days of receipt of this notification.

Failure to comply with this [...] within of the deadline will result in the decision being final and binding".

Spain does not have the slightest intention of carrying out this procedure, as it respects the footballer's decision.

Brahim celebrates his goal last Saturday in PamplonaJESÚS DIGESEFE

Brahim, in fact, in his letter to FIFA requesting the change of Federation made it very clear: "I, the undersigned, Brahim Abdelkader Díaz, born on August 3, 1999 in Malaga, with dual Moroccan and Spanish nationality, member of the Real Madrid Club (Spain), having already played for the benefit of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, I declare that I have chosen to play from now on for the Royal Moroccan Football Federation," the letter said.

"I choose to play on behalf of the national teams of the Kingdom of Morocco for personal reasons [...]. Furthermore, I confirm that I am aware that I can only exercise my right to change national association once and that, once FIFA has made the decision, this change will be final and irrevocable", concluded the footballer.