Just in time! Despite Fifa ban, São Paulo register two more signings | OneFootball

São Paulo got a major scare on Tuesday afternoon (21) after being hit by FIFA with a transfer ban, which temporarily prevents the club from registering new players.

However, the club moved quickly and managed to regularize at least two of its three signings whose names had not yet appeared in the CBF’s Daily Information Bulletin (BID): right-back Aurélio Buta and forward Victor Sá, the latter officially presented by the club today.

The first signing announced in the second half of the year, defensive midfielder Newton, had already had his name confirmed in the BID. Still pending were Buta, Victor Sá, as well as center-back Domingos Duarte, who has not even been officially announced by Tricolor yet.

Buta and Sá had their names registered in the BID in the afternoon, after the transfer ban had been announced. However, São Paulo says the requests for the players were submitted before FIFA’s notice of the punishment.

THE PUNISHMENT

The sanction imposed this Tuesday stems from the non-payment of the first installment related to the permanent signing of midfielder Marcos Antônio from Lazio, of Italy, in a deal estimated at 1.05 million euros (around R$ 6.08 million). The total agreement with the Italian club provided for the amount to be paid in four installments.

Marcos Antônio is seen as one of the key pieces in the team managed by Dorival Júnior. In March this year, Tricolor terminated the previous loan deal and signed the midfielder permanently through 2030, granting him a salary increase and setting release clauses of 100 million euros for overseas clubs and R$ 900 million for the domestic market, after fending off approaches from Flamengo in recent transfer windows.

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