Iago passes medical, signs, awaits ban lift for São Paulo move | OneFootball

Left-back Iago took another step forward in the process of transferring to São Paulo after completing and passing the medical exams carried out by the club this Friday (31).

The player arrives at Morumbi on loan from Bahia until the end of the season. However, the player’s official announcement and registration in the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) bulletins depend on the lifting of the transfer ban imposed by FIFA on the São Paulo club.

The administrative sanction from football’s top governing body was applied on July 21 due to the non-payment of the first installment related to the signing of midfielder Marcos Antônio from Lazio of Italy, set at 1.05 million euros (approximately R$ 6.08 million at the current exchange rate).

Board Actions and Sporting Planning

The club’s leadership is working to secure and bring forward financial resources in order to settle the debt over the course of next week.

The internal assessment is that the schedule allows some room for maneuver, since the team will only return to action on August 8 (Saturday), away against Grêmio, in the Brazilian Championship.

Despite the temporary obstacle to his registration, Iago is cleared to join the training routine under Dorival Júnior at the Barra Funda training center. The player was already at the site this morning and spoke with the coaching staff and his new teammates.

Developed in Internacional’s youth academy and with a spell at FC Augsburg in Germany, the player arrives to strengthen the options on the left side of São Paulo’s squad, which already has Wendell and Nicolas in the position.

As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR previously reported, amid a dispute with the club over unpaid wages, Argentine Enzo Díaz is negotiating a mutual termination of his contract, which runs until the end of 2028.

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