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Udenese want Behrami back


The 32-year-old midfielder is currently struggling with a hamstring injury, but the Serie A side's main concern surrounding Behrami is the nature of his recent call-up.
Udinese say they were only informed of Behrami's involvement with his Swiss side 15 days before the first game against Northern Ireland on Thursday and not 15 days before the national team first met up, as per FIFA protocol.
The Switzerland Football Association (SFV-ASF) have, however, claimed that they have always operated this way and are only now facing problems with Udinese as they don't want their injured player to face any further knocks.
A SFV-ASF spokesperson said: "Behrami is here now and as far as we're concerned he's not going back.
"Behrami told us he talked with his club coach and he had agreed he could leave for Switzerland.
"(Swiss coach Vladimir) Petkovic said on Monday that we would never take any risk. We won't do any foolish things with the player.
"We have the impression that Udinese wants to fix on that [15 days] point because they have no rules that they can prevent the player from travelling to Switzerland.
"The rules are quite clear, we can insist on having the player with us.
"If we cannot agree with Udinese there will be some higher places for them to refer to. This is the FIFA disciplinary commission and if they want to judge the case we're ready to face the music."

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