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FIFA regulations establish an additional five days for cases where the club does not release the player or the player himself refuses to go to the national team.
According to the RFEF Regulations, he meets the requirements to be fielded, although a resolution will have to be awaited.
According to sources consulted by MD, the current regulations protect the presence of FC Barcelona defender Iñigo Martínez on Thursday against the appeal filed by Osasuna based on the alleged breach of Article 5 of the Annex to the FIFA Regulations on the Transfer Status of Players. The annex states, in relation to the transfer of players to national teams, that "a player called up by his association to one of its representative teams is not entitled, unless his association agrees otherwise, to play for the club to which he belongs during the period that his release lasts or should last, in accordance with the provisions of this Annex, plus an additional period of five days."
But the key lies in FIFA's own explanation of the aforementioned article, based on the premise that "if a player is properly called up by his association... the player cannot refuse to represent his national team." But the key lies in point two of the explanation of the same article, which states that "therefore, a player is not eligible to play for his club during the release period in which he would normally have been with his representative team, regardless of whether his club releases him and he ultimately completes the call-up, or if his club does not release him and/or the player refuses the call-up. In the latter case, unless the refusal to release the player is based on his injury in accordance with Article 4 of Annex 1, the restriction on playing shall be extended by five days after the end of that period." That is, only if a club does not release the player or the player refuses to play, the limitation on not being able to play for his team during the international release period is extended until five days after the deadline. However, if he's injured, as was the case with Iñigo Martínez, this restriction doesn't have to apply. The Barça player had authorization from the RFEF when it called him up on the morning of Monday, March 17, and called up Dean Huijsen.
As a result, Iñigo met the requirements for the Barça-Osasuna match, according to Article 248 of the RFEF's General Regulations.
The Disciplinary Committee could request information.
At this point, the Disciplinary Committee could make a decision next Wednesday. However, considering all the above, it would normally be forwarded to FC Barcelona so they can present their arguments and request information from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
As we reported this Friday in MD, the RFEF granted authorization to the club and the player. Based on the usual minimum of three days for submitting the aforementioned allegations, it wouldn't be until the end of next week or until the meeting scheduled for April 9, until we know the final disciplinary resolution. And, considering all the above, it seems almost impossible to imagine the improper fielding and the loss of three points for the Blaugrana team.
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