February 1, 2023, 8:16 AM
February 1, 2023, 8:16 AM
The arrival of the Moroccan Hakim Ziyech, on loan from Chelsea to Paris SG, was rejected this Wednesday by the Professional Football League (LFP) due to a contract transmitted too late, a source close to the case reported.
The 29-year-old’s contract was sent out too late on Tuesday and the Parisian club saw its appeal rejected by the LFP one day after the last day of the winter market.
PSG, which blames Chelsea for administrative errors, therefore closes its transfer market without any reinforcement.
Ligue 1 clubs were to transmit their contracts at 11:00 p.m. Tuesday night to the LFP services, which gave them one more hour to register these mutations in the software that governs international transfers (Fifa TMS).
Everything was arranged with Ziyech: according to an internal source, the extreme semifinalist of the last World Cup was in Paris on Tuesday, had successfully passed his medical visit and the two clubs agreed to a loan without a purchase option. This arrival of a renowned player would have saved PSG’s winter market, which hadn’t existed until then.
But according to two sources close to the case, Chelsea made several errors in sending PSG the administrative documents necessary for the registration of the contract… And they failed at closing time.
The Parisian club, however, tried to defend its cause, filing an appeal with the League, pBut the legal commission of the latter, meeting on Wednesday morning, rejected it.
According to various media outlets, he also rejected the transfer of the young Ismaël Gharbi, who had to go to Nice.
Requested by AFP, Neither the Professional Football League nor Paris SG expressed themselves on this imbroglio.
Two weeks before their first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Bayern Munich and when their results in L1 are not the best, PSG ends the market with shocks.
The French club only let Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas leave for Nottingham Forest (loan) and the Spanish winger Pablo Sarabia to Wolverhampton (transfer), among the first team players.
