Fifa announce plans which will impact Portsmouth transfer business and future of players

After talks involving the game’s key stakeholders, the game’s world governing body are set to take the steps in a response to the suspension of the football season amid the coronavirus crisis.

The discussions which took place now accept completing the football season by June 30, an initial target laid down in a statement by Uefa last month, will not happen.

An agreement has been struck which will see all players’ contract automatically extend to when the season ends - a move called for by Pompey chief executive Mark Catlin.

Fifa plan to be flexible in moving transfer window dates between the end of the old season and start of the new campaign.

A statement from Fifa said: ‘It is now obvious that the current season will not end when people thought it would.

‘Therefore, it is proposed that contracts be extended until such time that the season does actually end.

‘A similar principle applies to contracts due to begin when the new season starts, meaning the entry into force of such contracts is delayed until the next season actually does start.

‘It is also necessary to adjust the normal regulatory position to the new factual circumstances.

‘Accordingly, Fifa will be flexible and allow the relevant transfer windows to be moved so they fall between the end of the old season and the start of the new season.’