🙌 Athletic Club removed from FIFA's blacklist | OneFootball

Athletic Club de Bilbao has returned to institutional calm after confirmation of its removal from FIFA’s list of sanctioned entities. What initially caused concern among fans and the rojiblanco community has ended up being resolved just as the board had anticipated: a mere administrative delay with no sporting or financial consequences for the club.

An administrative procedure with no risk of sanction

From the Ibaigane Palace, the message was always one of calm, assuring that inclusion on the so-called "blacklist" was due to a pending bureaucratic procedure and not a serious breach of transfer regulations. The situation, which temporarily prevented the registration of new players, has been resolved after completing the documentation required by the world football governing body.

Total freedom to sign players

With this resolution, the San Mamés side will formally disappear from the list within a maximum of five days. This guarantees that Athletic will be able to enter the market and conduct business with complete normality ahead of the next season. With no restrictions in place, the team is now focused exclusively on sporting planning, leaving behind this episode, which has been reduced to a mere management anecdote.

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