May 17 – FIFA has fined Belgian club Anderlecht CHF200,000 for breaking rules related to youth transfers but crucially have stopped short of imposing a transfer ban.
The club were found guilty of breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of minors – specifically article 19 of FIFA’s regulations referring to the cases of four players between 2011 and 2013.
In a statement, Anderlecht confirmed they do not intend to appeal against the judgement despite that avenue being open via the FIFA Appeals Committee.
“The [FIFA] Discipline Committee took into account the club’s positive cooperation in the investigation to determine the sanction,” the statement read.
“The current management of the club takes note. It does not appeal this judgment and confirms again, as it also demonstrated to FIFA, that such administrative deficiencies have not appeared in recent years and will not happen anymore in the future.”
According to Belgian newspaper HLN, the four players involved in the transfers where breaches occurred were Chancel Mbemba, Dragos Cojocaru, Patrick Tshiani and Bimar Magar.
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