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Munir El Haddadi: Morocco hand Sevilla star call-up after Fifa rule change

Morocco have taken advantage of the change in Fifa rules to hand a call-up to Munir El Haddadi for their friendlies against Senegal and DR Congo on October 9 and 13 respectively.

The world football governing body made a number of changes to their rules regarding a player switching nationality, following a proposal by the Moroccan Football Federation.

The previous rule stipulates that players could only change nationality if they had only featured in friendlies and not in a competitive game.

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With the new changes, players can now switch nationalities if they have not played in more than three competitive games, which must not include World Cup games and continental matches at senior levels and they must have been below 21 years of age in all the appearances.