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發表於 2007-10-7 19:01:37
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06/10/2007 10:33
Diarra, Toure And Eto'o Gain EU Status
Barcelona pair Yaya Toure and Samuel Eto'o, and Real Madrid midfielder
Mamadou Diarra, will no longer count as one of the three permitted
non-EU players thanks to a new Spanish FA ruling...
Samuel Eto'o (pictured) is one of eight Liga footballers to gain
European Union (EU) player status, according to a new RFEF (Spanish FA
ruling.)
In accordance with 'The Cotonou agreement' between the EU and the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States, workers from the latter grouping
can potentially be recognised as communitarian, should they be working
in the EU.
As such, eight players, all of them African, will now no longer count
towards their clubs' threshold of eight non-EU players in the first team
squad.
Barcelona are the main beneficiaries with two players, while six other
Liga sides have just the one.
This ruling could potentially encourage the signing of more African
stars in the wake of January's African Cup of Nations, and open the door
to more signings from further afield to fill up the non-EU slots.
Marca provided a list of those players affected:
Diarra (Real Madrid) - Mali
Eto'o (Barcelona) - Cameroon
Toure (Barcelona) - Cote d'Ivoire
Kalu Uche (Almeria) - Nigeria
Ikechukwu Uche (Getafe) - Nigeria
Arouna Kone (Seville) - Cote d'Ivoire
Ettien (Levante) - Cameroon
Webo (Osasuna) - Cameroon
Steve Michaels, Goal.com |
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