Manchester City facing possible transfer ban

Manchester City facing possible transfer ban

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Manchester City are set to come under FIFA investigation after they were reported to the governing body by Argentine side Velez Sarsfield over the transfer of teenager Benjamin Gorre.

The Argentinians have claimed that the Citizens tried to make a move for the midfielder when he was just 15, with clubs not being allowed to sign players until they are 16-years-old under FIFA’s transfer rules.

Spanish giants Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid have all been handed transfer suspensions in recent seasons for their dealings with underage players.

“Never have I experienced such an immoral act. We don’t know what they offered the father and the child in order to convince them,” Raul Gamez, Velez’s president, told the Daily Telegraph.

“In Velez, we defend values and we act in good faith. We are not interested in collecting 50,000 euros or 1,000,000 euros if said action is prohibited and may affect the player.”

“They offered ­money to take a 15-year-old child who is in the middle of his stage of development. We don’t know what they offered the father and the child in order to convince them.

“It is crazy to think that our youngsters can find themselves in a situation of vulnerability or abuse in a foreign country, without their family or somebody to protect them.

“We consider Manchester City is a club that cannot violate the regulations of FIFA and even less act with bad faith. We are interested in protecting the child we have been educating since he was 11 and therefore, if necessary, we will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.”

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