Breaking: São Paulo face new FIFA ban over debt to Galoppo's agent

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·2 October 2026

Breaking: São Paulo face new FIFA ban over debt to Galoppo's agent

São Paulo was hit with a new transfer ban imposed by FIFA on Friday night (2) over the non-payment of a commission/intermediation fee to an agent of Argentine midfielder Giuliano Galoppo.

With the measure, the club is temporarily barred from registering new players in the CBF’s Daily Information Bulletin (BID) until the debt is settled.

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Background of the Galoppo Case

Signing in 2022: Galoppo was signed by Tricolor from Banfield in July 2022 for around US$ 6 million (R$ 32 million at the exchange rate at the time), in a deal that involved intermediation fees and agent commissions.
Representatives: The player is currently represented by Team Raiola, but was represented by Leandro Escudero at the time of the transfer to Brazilian football. The club has not yet publicly confirmed which agent filed the complaint with world football’s governing body.
Recent Path: After playing 60 matches and scoring ten goals for Tricolor, the midfielder was loaned to River Plate in 2025 (in a deal that brought Enzo Díaz and Gonzalo Tapia to Morumbi) and later transferred to Atlanta United in the United States.

Second FIFA Punishment of the Year

This is the second sanction of this kind suffered by São Paulo in the 2026 season:

Marcos Antônio case (July/2026): In July, the club was given a transfer ban for delaying the first installment of €1.05 million related to the signing of the defensive midfielder from Lazio, Italy. The debt, around R$ 6.2 million, was paid at the beginning of August, lifting the restriction imposed by the entity.
Galoppo case (October/2026): The new restriction comes amid the final stretch of the window and the board’s attempt to organize cash flow through the transfers recently signed with Ticketmaster.

As the domestic transfer window is closed for players under contract with other clubs, the transfer ban directly affects any possible emergency registration of free agents on the market.

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