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Report: PSG President May Have Violated Regulations in Javier Pastore Transfer

Bleacher Report | July 15, 2019

Related Topics: Javier Pastore, Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Renaud Van Ruymbeke, French Football Federation, La Liga, Sean Ingle, transfer

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi may have breached FIFA regulations relating to the payment of Javier Pastore's agent, Marcelo Simonian, when the player signed for the club in 2011.

The Guardian's Sean Ingle reported as much:

Sean Ingle

Also appears that Khelaifi may have given inaccurate information to a French judge. Story based on weeks of work with @yphilippin of Mediapart and Der Spiegel, and large tranche of documents and emails

Article seven of FIFA's regulations relating to intermediaries (h/t Ingle) states "any payment for the services of an intermediary shall be made exclusively by the client of the intermediary to the intermediary," meaning a club president cannot pay an agent.

See full article at Bleacher Report