Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr team has been banned from signing any new players as a result of a controversy surrounding former Leicester striker Ahmed Musa.
According to the Daily Mirror, Al-Nassr are not permitted to bolster their roster this summer.
Musa joined Leicester for $18 million ($14 million) in 2018, but the Saudi club failed to pay add-ons from the contract.
At Al-Nassr, Musa won the league, however he was let go in 2020. FIFA has now concluded that the club was ineligible to pay £390,000 in performance-related add-ons to Leicester.
Having been warned in 2021 that they would face a registration ban if they did not pay up, it is now being reported that they have indeed been suspended from adding players into their squad.
FIFA’s ruling had claimed that the ban could last for three consecutive transfer windows, but the Public Investment Fund (PIF) have made it clear they are ready to pay the fee in order to lift the ban.
Al-Nassr have signed Brozovic in their most headline-grabbing deal of the window, bringing him in from Inter Milan.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, joined Al-Nassr in January and scored 14 goals in his first 16 league appearances for the club, but couldn’t inspire their to the title.
Al-Nassr will need to make the payment in order to avoid being left behind as Saudi clubs embark on a trolley dash this summer.