October 2 – The Danish Football Association and the country’s players’ union have reached a new collective pay agreement which means the country will no longer have to call on part-timers for international fixtures.
The new six-year collective-bargaining agreement was sealed following a dispute over commercial rights. Senior players had refused to sign a new national team agreement with DBU, which meant the country’s top players were unavailable for the national side.
The impasse meant lower-division players and amateur players had to be drafted in for the recent 3-0 friendly defeat to Slovakia.
A temporary arrangement saw household names like Christian Eriksen return for the 2-0 win over Wales in the UEFA Nations League a few days later, and both sides in the dispute announced at the weekend that they had now resolved their differences.
The new deal, which guarantees a number of sporting improvements and more commercial opportunities, runs until 2024.
The DBU board said it was pleased with the agreement but it sounded a note of caution saying that the deal “requires better and more trustworthy co-operation than has existed in the recent past.”
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