UEFA mulls squad limits

UEFA will consider introducing squad limits and changes to the transfer system to prevent European teams hoarding players and stem the growing gap between rich and poor clubs, President Aleksander Ceferin said Wednesday.

The Slovenian lawyer, elected as the head of European soccer’s governing body in September, told a conference in Lisbon, Portugal that UEFA needed to address a “decrease in competitive balance” within European club soccer.

Europe’s smaller leagues complain that big teams cream off their players at a young age, only to immediately send them on loan elsewhere.