São Paulo face transfer ban over unpaid Calleri agent fees | OneFootball

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

The reason for the punishment, according to the portal ‘Globo Esporte‘, is the failure to pay a commission to the agent Adrián Ruocco, who was responsible for bringing the forward 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 entity that it has at least an agreement with the agent. Otherwise, it will be unable to register new players for a minimum of three years.

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

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR found that the club's directors are negotiating an agreement to end the FIFA punishment by the afternoon.

This is the second time this year that São Paulo has been punished with a transfer ban. In August, the club was placed on the ‘list of defaulters’ by the football's governing body for not paying the second installment to Cerro Porteño, from Paraguay, for the purchase of midfielder Bobadilla, amounting to $300,000 (R$ 1.62 million at the current exchange rate).

On that occasion, the Tricolor paid the amount on the same day of the notification and was removed from the ‘damned list’ in just one day.

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