XtraTime Web Desk: A hugely significant news comes in as the technical committee of the All India Football Federation has decided to meet on Friday where the contentious issue of reducing the number of foreign players in domestic leagues could be potentially discussed.
“The AIFF has called for a meeting tomorrow with their technical committee, and it’s believed that they would possibly discuss the foreign player quota,” a club official told a national media on the condition of anonymity.
Until the 2019/20 season, the clubs in both Indian Super League (ISL) and I-League were permitted to name a maximum of five foreign players in the starting lineup. The clubs could register a maximum of seven and a minimum of six non-Indian players if their annual salaries didn’t exceed the salary cap.
But now, with the impending implementation of the “3+1” rule, the transfer policy of the leagues are in for a shuffle. According to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), teams can field a maximum of four foreign players, with at least one player from an AFC affiliated nation.