{"id":29258,"date":"2024-04-09T21:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T21:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads"},"modified":"2024-04-09T21:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T21:37:18","slug":"uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads","title":{"rendered":"Uefa mull bigger Euro 2024 squads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Uefa is considering increasing squad sizes for this summer\u2019s European Championship in Germany to 26 players following talks with coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions with international bosses whose teams have qualified for Euro 2024 were held in Dusseldorf on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUefa has taken note of the various opinions and points of view shared,\u201d said a statement from European football\u2019s governing body<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA final decision will be made in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The subject was discussed as part of a wider two-day workshop for finalists, and now goes to Uefa\u2019s national team competitions committee then its executive committee.<\/p>\n<p>Squads are currently limited to 23 players, a return to the regulations used before Euro 2020. For that tournament, three players were allowed to mitigate against the impact of potential Covid outbreaks in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Uefa\u2019s statement added: \u201cThe positive discussions highlighted different points of view among coaches, with some expressing a desire to increase the squad size.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOthers stated their preference to cap the squad size at 23, pointing out the difficulty in training with additional players, group management and the increased financial burdens placed upon national associations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England boss Gareth Southgate was previously in favour of 23-man squads but recently spoke of a preference for three extra players to cope with a demanding end to a domestic season \u201ccomplicated\u201d by personnel returning from long-term injuries.<\/p>\n<p>England and Scotland have two friendlies at the start of June before the deadline to submit their final Euros squads to Uefa on June 7.<\/p>\n<p>Euro 2024 begins on June 14 with Scotland taking on hosts Germany in the opening game in Munich while England will play Serbia in Gelsenkirchen on June 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Uefa is considering increasing squad sizes for this summer\u2019s European Championship in Germany to 26 players following talks with coaches. Discussions with international bosses whose teams have qualified for Euro 2024 were held in Dusseldorf on Monday. \u201cUefa has taken note of the various opinions and points of view shared,\u201d said a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[242,243,233],"class_list":["post-29258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eritrea","tag-eritrea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uefa mull bigger Euro 2024 squads - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uefa is considering increasing squad sizes for this summer\u2019s European Championship in Germany to 26 players following ta ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uefa mull bigger Euro 2024 squads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Uefa is considering increasing squad sizes for this summer\u2019s European Championship in Germany to 26 players following ta ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eritrea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T21:11:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T21:37:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/04\/sm_1712682260.420269.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uefa mull bigger Euro 2024 squads\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-09T21:11:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-09T21:37:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/04\/sm_1712682260.420269.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eritrea\",\"Eritrea\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/uefa-mull-bigger-euro-2024-squads\",\"name\":\"Uefa mull bigger Euro 2024 squads - 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