The strange reason holding up Mendy’s move to PSV | OneFootball

Nobel Mendy's signing by PSV Eindhoven is hanging by a thread.

According to several Dutch media outlets and confirmed by 'El Desmarque', Real Betis had agreed to sell him for 4 million euros, but there's a catch.

The player had agreed to the deal and everything seemed closed, but the agreement is on hold until PSV resolves several bureaucratic hurdles in the Netherlands.

What's happening? Simply that to sign a non-EU player, the Dutch system requires international experience, and Mendy doesn't meet that requirement.

The Senegalese player has never played for his national team and only has a few games in the top tier. PSV considers the regulation unfair but has put the transfer on hold for now.

Betis, which was expecting to close this sale weeks ago, could lose the income and find itself with a player in preseason who they didn't count on.

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