FIFA needs to decide whether to suspend players within next 24 hours, asserts Charlie Marshall

That includes Liverpool trio Alisson, Fabinho, and Roberto Firmino, and Manchester City's Ederson and Gabriel Jesus with the five on the list of nine Brazilian players who didn’t take part. But they aren’t the only ones as Wolves, Blackburn Rovers, and Watford also will lose players after the Chilean, Mexican, and Paraguayan associations all made complaints. But since the final decision rests with FIFA, the clubs haven’t been informed if the men have been suspended or not.

It has seen many fans and especially the clubs concerned as the international break inches closer towards its end and Charlie Marshall believes that FIFA needs to make a decision soon. The European Clubs' Association chief executive asserted that this needs to be sorted out “within the next 24 hours” as the clubs need to prepare for the weekend games. He also added that if FIFA isn’t going to fine/suspend the clubs, then “they need to tell them”.

Aston Villa were one of the few clubs that did allow players to go, with Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia a part of the game against Brazil. But there are conflicting reports as to whether Tottenham let both Cristian Romero and Giovani lo Celso leave although three of the four were involved in the game. Yet given the circumstances and the UK’s stringent COVID-19 protocols, it saw Marshall admit that FIFA needs to take that into consideration and show a little sympathy.