Rome – Changing the winter transfer market rules on the fly requires unanimity from Serie A. This was the position reached by the FIGC's extraordinary board meeting, which met this morning via video link to examine Lega Serie A's urgent request regarding the expanded labor cost index.
The top-flight clubs' position, formalized at yesterday's meeting, is clear: expand the index's numerator to include the clubs' set-aside liquidity reserves, currently excluded from the calculation. This change would have immediate effects on the market, as in the case of Napoli, currently restricted to operating at zero balances due to exceeding the 0,8 threshold established by current regulations. With the inclusion of reserves, this limit would no longer apply.
The request does not concern a single club but the entire Serie A system and, in essence, was deemed acceptable by the Federal Council. However, the FIGC has clarified that it cannot intervene in the Federal Internal Organizational Norms (NOIF) without full political support from the League.
Hence the formal request addressed to Serie A: to obtain a preventive waiver of any future action against the Federal Council from the clubs that abstained or voted against yesterday's meeting. The consensus is fragmented: 16 clubs are in favor, three abstained (Roma, Inter, and Juventus), and one is against (Milan).
The ball is now back in the court of Lega Serie A president Ezio Simonelli. Only with unanimous agreement from the clubs can he bring the issue to the attention of the FIGC and pave the way for an immediate change to the transfer rules. Otherwise, any action will be postponed until the regular regulatory reform deadline.
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It's important that the transfer market rules be changed, but I don't know if unanimity is truly possible. There are too many differing opinions among the clubs, and this could complicate things for everyone in the future.