Matjaž Kek will be able to take as many footballers as he likes to Euro 2024? UEFA will listen to the coaches’ proposal to expand squads
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June 8th is the date when it will be known which footballers will represent Slovenia at Euro 2024. However, a very interesting question arises: how many players can the coaches, including of course Matjaž Kek, actually take to the tournament in Germany? At this moment, the rules are clear: each participant at the European Championship will be able to count on 23 individuals. But the coaches have proposed a change that the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is actually willing to discuss.
Some coaches have addressed UEFA with a request to have, as it was at some previous major tournaments, when national teams counted 26 players. After the end of the coronavirus pandemic, the number returned to 23, but quite a few coaches clearly want to have three additional players available again.
“We have received several messages from the coaches of national teams regarding the number of members of individual teams at Euro 2024. The UEFA working group and representatives of the participating teams will discuss the coaches’ proposals on April 8th, we will consider all possible solutions and ideas,” UEFA announced, an organization presided over by Aleksander Čeferin.
“It is very strange and unusual that there will not be 26 footballers available. It is absurd to go back to the number 23,” was the very critical comment of the Dutch coach Ronald Koeman. If UEFA accepts the coaches’ proposal, it will undoubtedly be very good news for all Slovenian footballers – there will simply be more space in the national team…
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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