Manchester City i domstol – riskerar transferförbud

Idrottens skiljedomstol ska avgöra regeltolkningen

Patrik Brenning

Publicerad 2017-07-03

Manchester City kliver på måndagen in i Idrottens skiljedomstol (Cas) för att en gång för alla avgöra tvisten med argentinska Velez Sarsfield.

Den argentinska klubben hävdar att City bröt mot Fifas värvningsregler när de lockade över 16-årige Benjamin Garre till England.

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Det är framförallt två potentiella regelbrott City nu utreds för. Dels hävdar Velez Sarsfield att engelsmännen etablerade kontakt med Benjamin Garre redan när talangen bara var 15 år. Dels vill den argentinska klubben tolka Fifas regler som att värvningar av spelare under 18 år bara får ske mellan klubbar som tillhör EU-länder.

”Får bara flytta inom EU”

City hävdar i sin tur att inget regelbrott begåtts då Garre även har ett europeiskt pass och Fifa har redan avfärdat Velez Sarsfields anmälan.

– Men Fifas regler säger att en spelare bara får flytta inom EU – alltså mellan EU-klubbar, säger Velez klubbchef Bernardo Bertelloni enligt brittisk press.

Nu är det upp till Cas att avgöra hur Fifas regel ska tolkas. Avgörandet väntas ta flera veckor men skulle i teorin kunna resultera i att City åläggs ett transferförbud.

FAKTA

Så lyder Fifas regler:

International transfers of players are only permitted if the player is over the age of 18.

2. The following three exceptions to this rule apply:

a) The player’s parents move to the country in which the new club is located for reasons not linked to football;

b) The transfer takes place within the territory of the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) and the player is aged between 16 and 18. In this case, the new club must fulfi l the following minimum obligations:

i) It shall provide the player with an adequate football education and/or training in line with the highest national standards.

ii) It shall guarantee the player an academic and/or school and/or vocational education and/or training, in addition to his football education and/or training, which will allow the player to pursue a career other than football should he cease playing professional football.

iii) It shall make all necessary arrangements to ensure that the player is looked after in the best possible way (optimum living standards with a host family or in club accommodation, appointment of a mentor at the club, etc.). iv) It shall, on registration of such a player, provide the relevant association with proof that it is complying with the aforementioned obligations;

c) The player lives no further than 50km from a national border and the club with which the player wishes to be registered in the neighbouring association is also within 50km of that border. The maximum distance between the player’s domicile and the club’s headquarters shall be 100km. In such cases, the player must continue to live at home and the two associations concerned must give their explicit consent.

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