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UEFA will listen if Euro 2024 coaches want larger 26-player squads to lessen risks from injury


      
Published on: 29th March 2024 07:50 AM

UEFA will listen if Euro 2024 coaches want larger 26-player squads to lessen risks from injury

NYON: European Championship organizer UEFA said on Thursday it will listen to national team coaches if they want bigger squads of 26 players instead of 23 for the tournament in Germany. Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman said this week the number of injuries in modern soccer meant it was absurd to return to the traditional squad size of 23. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased 26-man squads were allowed by UEFA at Euro 2020, a delayed edition played in 2021, and at FIFA’s 2022 World Cup.

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