FC Porto Denies Owing Nigeria Club On Sanusi

FC Porto Denies Owing Nigeria Club On Sanusi By Sampson Adedeji Portuguese Primera ligie side, FC Porto has strongly denied an allegation that World soccer governing body has banned them from registering new players because of their inability to pay Nigeria football academy for Super Eagles defender, Zaidu Sanusi, BSNsports.com.ng can report. According to Portuguese News outlet, A'Bola " FIFA prevented FC Porto from registering players, due to the non-payment of 42,500 euros referring to the solidarity mechanism, which should have been paid to the club Jega United Football Academy, where full-back Zaidu Sanusi moved to the dragons in the summer of last year. As of yesterday, the international bank transfer with the amount in question had not yet entered the account of the Nigerian emblem. With January at the door and the reopening of the transfer market, it is natural that this case will be resolved in a short period, but, today, the dragons are prevented from registering players," it stated. Meanwhile, Portuguese giants have come out to deny the allegation. "it is false that FC Porto is prevented from registering players and it is false that FC Porto owes a debt to Jega United, from Nigeria". "FC Porto never even knew of the existence of this club, let alone that it claimed training rights relating to the player Zaidu. When he was notified, he made the payment," the club said. Zaidu joined FC Porto from another Portuguese club, Santa Clara, in the summer of 2019.