FIFA ordered European clubs to ignore Russia sanctions, investigation finds

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Research by Follow the Money shows that a FIFA tribunal ruled that several European clubs, including the Dutch PSV, had to meet their payment obligations to the Russians despite sanctions against Moscow.

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FIFA has in recent years pressured European football clubs to make outstanding payments for player transfers to Russian clubs – even when international sanctions have prevented payments to Russia. This is according to a new study by investigative media Follow the Money (FTM), based on rulings by the FIFA Football Tribunal and cases that have reached the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Since 2022,...

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FIFA forces European football clubs to pay outstanding transfer fees to Russian clubs – despite international sanctions. In case of non-payment, severe penalties such as transfer bans, point deductions or exclusion from competitions are threatened.

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FIFA has issued more European football clubs to pay the remaining transfer fees to Russia, despite international sanctions and banking restrictions, according to a Follow the Money survey published on 5 December, writes Kyiv Independent.