São Paulo hit with transfer ban over unpaid Calleri agent fees | OneFootball

São Paulo suffered a transfer ban from FIFA on the morning of Wednesday (3) and is unable to sign and register new players until it settles its outstanding issues.

The reason for the punishment, according to the portal 'Globo Esporte', is the failure to pay a commission to agent Adrián Ruocco, who was responsible for bringing striker Jonathan Calleri back to the club – currently, the player is represented by AIS Football.

The punishment for São Paulo was published on FIFA's website and will remain in effect until the club informs the organization that it has at least reached an agreement with the agent. Otherwise, it will be unable to register new athletes for at least three years.

Calleri returned to São Paulo in 2021, and the agent who managed his career at the time claims he never received the amounts promised for brokering the deal.

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR has learned that club directors are negotiating an agreement to end the FIFA punishment as early as this afternoon.

This is the second time just this year that São Paulo has been punished with a transfer ban. In August, the club was placed on the governing body's 'list of defaulters' for failing to pay the second installment to Cerro Porteño, from Paraguay, for the purchase of midfielder Bobadilla, in the amount of US$ 300,000 (R$ 1.62 million at the current exchange rate).

On that occasion, Tricolor paid the amount in a rush on the same day as the notification and ended up being removed from the 'cursed list' in just one day.

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