Angers SCO and Paris FC banned from recruitment by FIFA!

The 2021/22 season is soon coming to an end and in the aftermath, the clubs will continue with the summer transfer window while some players will for example play in Euro 2020. Regarding the transfer market, several teams are already in the starting blocks to better understand this period. But in France, two clubs will sit idly by in a few months. As in France with the LFP, FIFA has a Disciplinary Committee which has decided to sanction a Ligue 1 club, Angers SCO, and a Ligue 2 team, Paris FC.

“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the French clubs Paris FC and Angers SCO with a fine of CHF 30,000 (around 27,300 euros) and a ban on transfers at national and international level for a period of ‘registration due to several violations of the relay transfer provisions set out in Article 5bis of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players ”, explains first of all the world body in his press release. Huge penalties for the two French clubs which, in addition to the fine, will not be able to recruit soon.

The transfer of Kevin Bemanga in question?

But then why such sanctions? FIFA ruled that the SCO and the PFC had broken certain rules concerning a relay transfer: “The case concerns a player who signed his first professional contract with Paris FC on July 1, 2020 and who was registered by the Parisian club on July 6, 2020, after having played in France and Spain at the amateur level. Six weeks later, the player was transferred to Angers SCO and duly registered on August 18, 2020 “. No name has been given by the governing body of world football but there is little doubt.

Last summer, during the summer transfer window 2020, 23 winger Kevin Bemanga joined Paris FC from Betis in early July, before heading to Angers in August. A practice that did not please FIFA. “The committee ruled that the player’s transfer to Paris FC was not made with the aim of involving the player in organized football but with a view to circumventing the rules concerning the training allowance”, she justified. A huge blow for both teams.

FIFA’s full press release:

“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the French clubs Paris FC and Angers SCO with a fine of CHF 30,000 and a transfer ban at national and international level for a registration period due to several violations of the provisions relating to relay transfers, set out in art. 5bis of the Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players.

This is the first time that FIFA’s judicial bodies have sanctioned violations related to relay transfers since the entry into force, in 2020, of these provisions. The case concerns a player who signed his first professional contract with Paris FC on July 1, 2020 and who was registered by the Parisian club on July 6, 2020, after having played in France and Spain at the amateur level. Six weeks later, the player was transferred to Angers SCO and duly registered on August 18, 2020.

Following an investigation by FIFA’s regulatory enforcement department, the Disciplinary Committee found that the clubs had not been able to refute the presumption of a relay transfer. Taking into account all the facts and circumstances of the case, the committee ruled that the player’s transfer to Paris FC was not made with the aim of involving the player in organized football but with a view to circumventing the rules. concerning the training allowance. ”