Série A giants hit with fourth FIFA transfer ban
If the club fails to comply, it will face a R$100,000 fine, as well as a transfer ban limited to the domestic market.
Key points
- Ranking of FIFA transfer bans in Brazilian football: Grêmio, Santos and Amazonas: 4 sanctions Internacional: 3 sanctions Corinthians and Fortaleza: 2 sanctions São Paulo, Figueirense, Atlético-GO, Colorado (PR), Miramar (PB), Retrô (PE) and Flamengo (SE): 1 sanction This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence.
- It prevents the club from registering new players for up to three transfer windows and will only be lifted once the debt is paid.
- Grêmio was penalized by Anresf (the National Agency for Football Regulation and Sustainability), an independent body established by the CBF to oversee and enforce the country's newly introduced financial fair play rules.
With this latest ban, the Rio Grande do Sul club joins Santos and Amazonas at the top of the list of Brazilian clubs most frequently sanctioned by football's world governing body over unpaid debts.
As a precautionary measure, the agency imposed a temporary ban preventing the club from registering new signings without its prior approval.
Additional details
- When Cuéllar's contract, which ran until the end of 2026, was terminated, Grêmio agreed to pay the 34-year-old around R$15 million.
- Another concerns Cuéllar, the defensive midfielder who left the club in February this year and signed with Deportivo Cali.
- One involves midfielder Monsalve, signed from Independiente Medellín in early 2024 and currently on loan at Estudiantes.
- Before this latest case, the team was already facing restrictions over outstanding payments from other transactions.
- Beyond FIFA's international sanctions, the club also faces problems domestically.
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