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DENMARK’S games against Slovakia and Wales this week have been thrown into chaos following a dispute between the Danish players and their Football Association, the DBU.
The Denmark squad, which features English-based players such as Christian Eriksen and Kasper Schmeichel, have been at loggerheads for several months over a new commercial rights agreement.
The issue reached crisis point last night when the deadline set for a new deal passed without any agreement.
Dabbagh and his Palestinian team’s World Cup campaign may have come to an end, but it has given fans hope amid war and tragedy, writes JOHN DUERDEN