Last season, the Belgian first division club Charleroi withdrew Oulmers from the Morocco squad for a friendly against Burkina Faso to protect him from injury.
FIFA ruled that Oulmers had to play and he got injured and was out of action for seven months. Charleroi missed a place in the Champions League, blamed their failure on the loss of Oulmers and are suing world football's ruling body for compensation.
Peter Hargitay, special adviser to FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter, and Markus Siegler, FIFA director of communications, will be stating FIFA’s position on this and other issues facing the game.
Joining them on what will no doubt prove a controversial panel, will be Umberto Gandini, sporting director AC Milan and G14 member (G14 being the association of Europe's most powerful clubs) as well as Lord Brian Mawhinney, chairman of The Football League and agent Dennis Roach.
Find out what the various parties have to say on this at Soccerex, the global convention for the business of football being held in Dubai from November 13 to 15, 2005.
More than 2,000 delegates from the football world will gather for the three-day extravaganza to discuss key issues in the world of football.
Confirmed attendees include FIFA, AFC, UEFA, The Premier League, Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, BSkyB. BBC, Adidas, Nike, Coca-Cola, Umbro, Microsoft, South African FA, South African Premier League, Bahrain FA, Qatar FA, UAE FA, Al Hilal, Boca Juniors, Kaizer Chiefs, Shaktar Donetsk and Galatasaray.
For more information contact Steve Bradley on +44 (0)20 7413 3179; Mob: 07771 776 568; sbradley@hillandknowlton.com or
James Worrall +44 (0)20 8566 5100; Mob: 077957 286 331; james@soccerex.com
You can also visit www.soccerex.com
