FIFA Slap Cologne With Transfer Ban Over Signing of 17 Year Old Jaka Cuber Potocnik

German soccer membership Cologne stated FIFA has banned it from signing new gamers subsequent season as punishment for breaking switch guidelines within the case of a promising 17-year-old ahead from Slovenia.

Cologne stated in a press release late Wednesday that it was accused of inciting Jaka Cuber Potocnik to interrupt his contract with Olimpija Ljubljana in his dwelling nation.

Cologne stated a FIFA tribunal fined the membership 51,750 euros ($56,100), banned it from signing new gamers within the subsequent two switch home windows, and suspended Potocnik for 4 months.

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The membership, which introduced plans to enchantment the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, argues Potocnik left Olimpija as a result of of “quite a few breaches of contract” and says it has evidence it did not incite him to leave.

FIFA has not published any details of the case.

Potocnik is considered one of the brightest young talents in German club soccer. He has scored 13 goals in as many games in the under-19 league for Cologne this season and has represented Slovenia’s national under-19 team.

In recent years, FIFA has stepped up efforts to enforce worldwide rules in the often cutthroat international transfer market, especially around the signing of players under the age of 18. Chelsea served a transfer ban for one window in 2019 after the sanction was reduced from two transfer windows on appeal.

French club Marseille is in the process of appealing a ban imposed over its signing of Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye. English club Watford claims it had a valid agreement in place to sign Gueye before he moved to Marseille instead.

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