The Costa Rican club, which has won thirty domestic league titles, wants FIFA to implement the rule that prohibits clubs belonging to the same owner from participating in the global tournament.
“His request is based on the eligibility principles stipulated in the tournament rules,” Alajuelense stated in a press release on Wednesday.
The team spokesman noted Marco Vasquez Until my club Leon The two Mexican Pachucas belong to the same owner, Jesús Martinez, from the Pachuca Group.
“These are the rules he set,” Vasquez confirmed FIFA. There cannot be multiple ownership. There are two Mexican clubs that belong to the same owner, and the texts of the regulations are clear. “What we are asking for is a review of what FIFA itself has established.”
It was decided to increase the number of clubs participating in the tournament, which is run by FIFA, from 7 teams to 32 teams, as it hosts US The first edition of the Club World Cup with its new system will take place during the coming months of June and July.
Speaking about possible legal actions, Vasquez said: “We have hired a law firm in… Spain“And they have all the details.”
FIFA did not react to Alajuelense’s announcement of his demand, and did not issue any immediate comment on this demand.
Alajuelense is the highest-ranked team in the Central American region, but it ranks 40th in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF) qualifiers overall.
CONCACAF has 4 seats in the next edition of the Club World Cup, noting that the teams represented in the tournament are the American Seattle Sounders, and Monterrey, Leon and Pachuca from Mexico, while the American team Inter Miami participates, led by its Argentine star. Lionel Messiin the competition, as a representative of the host country.
The draw for the tournament is scheduled to take place next December 5 in Miami.
Note that clubs Al-Ahly of Egypt And Esperance TunisSaudi Crescent Al Ain of the Emirates and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco will represent Arab football in this major international forum.
