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FIFA to reintroduce agent licences

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6 years ago

September 25, 2018

FIFA are set to reintroduce licences for player agents and has adopted , in principle , a limit on player loans .FIFA ’ s ‘ Football Stakeholders Committee ’ approved “ the introduction of licences and exams for agents ” at a meeting in London , according to a source close to the discussions .

The governing body of world football did away with agent licences in 2015.

While the committee , chaired by the Canadian Victor Montagliani , the Canadian head of CONCACAF , approved a limit on player loans , they could not agree a number .

FIFA had proposed a maximum of six loans per club as part of plans to reduce the stockpiling of players by leading clubs.

The committee also agreed to the creation of a clearing house , managed by a bank, to handle the solidarity payments from transfer fees due to clubs that trained players in their youth systems .

The committee was voting on proposals prepared by a five – member “task force ” chaired by Montagliani and made up of representatives of UEFA , the European Club Association ( ECA ) , the professional players union FiFPro , and the World Leagues Forum ( WLF) .

The recommendations are expected to be ratified at the next FIFA Council meeting in Kigali , Rwanda, on October 25 -26 .

AFP .