FIFA reveals number of players claiming financial support
As many as 441 players applied to FIFA so far, claiming unpaid wages of clubs disappearing, the organization posted on Twitter.
“89% of them are from European clubs, and 11% from the rest of the world. Players can apply before the end of the month through FIFPRO,” FIFA tweeted.
FIFA and FIFPRO, the World Players’ Union, have reached an agreement to establish the FIFA Fund for Football Players (FIFA FFP), to provide financial support to players who have not been paid and have no chance of duly receiving the wages agreed with their clubs.
FIFA has set aside USD 16m for the fund up to 2022, with this allocation to be divided as follows: USD 3m in 2020, USD 4m in 2021 and USD 4m in 2022, plus a further USD 5m set aside for the retroactive protection of players’ salaries for the period between July 2015 and June 2020.
This new mechanism will come into operation on 1 July 2020.