The Uruguayan National Team announced this Sunday that it is canceling the call for Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani due to the refusal of the Premier League to give players for the South American teams.
This was stated by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) in a brief statement detailing that «According to the publicly known situation» with the footballers who come from the English league, they have decided to cancel the call for striker Celeste.
In this way, Uruguay will not have on this triple date Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 -in which they will play against Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador- to his two offensive emblems since Luis Suárez will not travel either due to a knee injury suffered in Atlético Madrid’s clash against Villarreal this Sunday.
The vice president of the AUF, Gastón Tealdi, had told Eph days ago that they trusted the efforts of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and the support of FIFA to enforce the obligation of the associations to transfer their footballers.
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Last Tuesday the Premier League issued a resolution to not give in for the next international event to soccer players from countries on the «red list» due to the risk of coronavirusa veto that especially affects Conmebol.
Although the Spanish LaLiga wanted to go the same way, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) rejected the precautionary measures requested by the governing body of Spanish football so that the Conmebol players did not attend the call of their teams, something that was celebrated by FIFA.
«FIFA appreciates today’s decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that rejects the request of the Spanish LaLiga to annul FIFA’s decision to extend the international window for the World Cup qualifiers in South America by two days,» said the highest body of world football in a statement.
According to FIFA, the decision made known this Sunday «confirms the legality of FIFA’s decision and completely rejects LaLiga’s arguments.»