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German: Players over the age of 23 should not join the national team. They receive club wages throughout the year

2:14am, 21 October 2025【Football】

Hupu, October 21st, Napoli President De Laurentiis attended the Italian American National Foundation dinner in Washington, and was interviewed by "ClassCNBC" at the event. He also talked about his views on the future development of European football.

"European football must change, and in my opinion, now is the time. However, the top executives in football are unwilling to change because they are afraid of losing the comfortable chair (referring to their position), but it is indeed time to change the rules of the game and the format of the league. There are too many games in today's football, and players will eventually be unable to insist on playing 50, 60 or even 70 games a year."

"They, you understand, the national team should set an age' Upper limit’: Players should no longer be in the national team after they are 23 years old, because you have to discover new players. If you allow 37-year-old, 35-year-old, 30-year-old players to continue playing for the national team and they are injured, then you are harming the domestic leagues. They have no respect for these leagues at all, and the compensation paid to the national team's "loaned" players is far from enough. These players are paid by our club for 12 months of the year and should be reasonably regulated. "