Players born in 1997 will be able to take part in 2021 Olympic games (Marca)

Published on: 04 April 2020

The move of the 2020 Olympic Games to 2021 caused concern for some of Spain's rising stars, as there were fears that they'd be too old by the time of the tournament.

However, FIFA have decided to maintain the same age limit as they'd agreed for this year's originally scheduled tournament, meaning all footballers born after January 1, 1997, can take part in Japan when the Games go ahead.

This is good news for players like Mikel Oyarzabal, Carlos Soler, Jesus Vallejo, Jorge Mere, Borja Mayoral, Unai Nunez and Unai Simon.

Three overage players per squad may also still take part.

Source: m.allfootballapp.com

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