QFA cancels player agent licensing system

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Sunday, April 12th 2015 11:37 PM

DOHA: In a key decision announced on Sunday, Qatar Football Association (QFA) has cancelled the players agent licensing system. This decision comes in the framework of regulations adopted by the FIFA's Executive Committee with agents on March 21, details have revealed. "From the 1 April 2015 the system of licensing football agents will be abandoned, and all existing football agents’ licences will cease to have effect immediately," a FIFA statement said earlier this month. This decision was approved by the FIFA Congress during it's 64th meeting held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. QFA is currently in the process of working on new regulations on the organization of work with intermediaries, which will be approved by the Executive Committee of the QFA.