Kevin Grosskreutz has been left in limbo after his move from Borussia Dortmund to Galatasaray was blocked by FIFA.
FIFA has ruled Galatasaray cannot register Kevin Grosskreutz to play, having failed to beat the Turkish Super Lig transfer deadline in its attempts to sign the Borussia Dortmund winger.
Galatasaray appealed the FIFA in order to complete a 6.6 million euro ($7.4 million) swoop for the Germany international on Tuesday, claiming that the organization's Transfer Matching System (TMS) had crashed, preventing it from meeting Monday's deadline.
FIFA rejected Gala's appeal, but the Turkish champion has gone ahead with the deal, despite being unable to register Grosskreutz as a player until January.