The limit on foreign players in the Russian Premier League (RPL) should change. Such an announcement was made by the new president of the organization, Ashot Khachaturyants, in an interview with Championship.com.
According to him, the clubs have been concerned about this issue for a long time. “At the moment, we do not have healthy competition among homegrown players,” added Khachaturyants.
According to the head of the RPL, we are not talking about the complete abolition of the limit. At the same time, an increase in the permissible number of legionnaires in the application for the season is possible. Khachaturyants noted that the decision will be made after agreement with the clubs.
Khachaturyants was elected president of the RPL earlier on Monday, November 22. He was the only candidate for this post.
On September 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled that domestic football players had not been at the Olympics since 1988. He stated that the removal of the limit on foreign players would have a detrimental effect on the results of the national team. Currently, the RPL has a limit on the number of foreign players in the application according to the “8 plus 17” scheme (8 legionnaires and 17 Russians).
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