LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)-Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr team is not permitted to sign any new players due to a controversy surrounding former Leicester striker Ahmed Musa.
According to the Daily Mirror, Al-Nassr are not permitted to bolster their roster this summer.
Musa joined Leicester for $18 million ($14 million) in 2018, but the Saudi club failed to pay add-ons from the contract.
With Al-Nassr, Musa won the league, however he was let go in 2020. FIFA has now concluded that the club was ineligible to pay £390,000 in performance-related add-ons to Leicester.
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They were told in 2021 that failure to pay would result in a registration ban, and it is now being reported that they have really been barred from expanding their roster.
FIFA’s judgement said that the ban might remain for three consecutive transfer windows, but the Public Investment Fund (PIF) has made it clear that they are prepared to pay the fine in order to get the embargo lifted.
Brozovic was acquired by Al-Nassr from Inter Milan in their most sensational transfer of the transfer window.
Although Ronaldo joined Al-Nassr in January and scored 14 goals in his first 16 league games for the team, he was unable to lead them to the championship.
With Saudi clubs starting a trolley dash this summer, Al-Nassr will need to make the cost to stay in the race.