V.League BTC changes regulations, SLNA runs out of chances to add foreign players

It can be said that the epidemic has greatly affected the plans to select or replace foreign players of V.League clubs, especially those teams that constantly have to try out foreign players like SLNA. At the beginning of the season, the Nghe An team signed contracts with center back Gustavo Santos and two strikers Peter Onyekachi and Alagie Sosseh.

Among them, Gustavo and Sosseh are considered reluctant cases because there is not enough time for further testing and previously foreign players could not come to Vietnam due to the epidemic. It is still too early to assess the real quality of these players, but clearly after 2 matches, only Peter Onyekachi left his mark.

Center back Sergio no longer has the chance to wear SLNA's shirt in phase 2 even though he has set a date to return. Photo: Trung Kien

In fact, SLNA had tried out a foreign player, Sergio Oshago, and "spotted" this player to play with Hoang Van Khanh in the new season. Unfortunately, this 1m92 tall player suffered a muscle strain right before the player registration time, forcing SLNA to register Gustavo Santos and wait.

According to the original regulations of the V.League 2020, the mid-season registration period for phase II is from June 23 to July 20. Each club is allowed to replace up to 3 players. Clubs that have not officially registered 30 players in phase I will be allowed to add up to 5 players in phase 2. The maximum number of players of a club after addition is 30.

According to that plan, SLNA can continue to try out to replace foreign players if the V.League continues normally without being postponed. However, according to research, the Nghe An team must keep the three foreign players mentioned above. The reason is because the Vietnam Football Federation - VFF and VPF have just issued new regulations of the National Championship. In which, the mid-season registration period is decided from July 21 to August 17.

Firstly, the contracts of foreign players with SLNA only last until June and V.League 2020 returns from June 5, forcing the Nghe An team to extend their contracts to be able to continue playing with all 3 foreign players. Secondly, almost no club in V.League welcomes foreign players to Vietnam for trial. If they are allowed to open, foreign players will also have to be quarantined for 15 days to ensure the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic.

With no source of players, some teams had to swap foreign players with each other, such as Thanh Hoa Club and SHB Da Nang Club. As for SLNA, although they may not be very satisfied with the foreign players they have chosen, they have to accept the risk and gamble with foreign players for the rest of the season.

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