Due to the circumstances surrounding the signing of an U19 striker, world association FIFA has imposed a transfer ban on Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.
The Rhinelanders are not allowed to sign any players in the next two transfer periods – i.e. next summer and winter. This emerges from the judgment of the “Dispute Resolution Chamber” of FIFA, which is available to the sports show.
The background to the harsh penalty is the circumstances surrounding the signing of U19 striker Jaka Cuber Potocnik. The Cologne team signed the 17-year-old last year. Although it was not a transfer for the first team, the ban still affects the whole club.
Suspension for Potocnik, payment to Ljubljana
Jaka Cuber Potocnik (middle/blue jersey) in the A-Junior Bundesliga West.
Cologne are also said to pay 54,000 euros to Potocnik’s former Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana. Young hope Potocnik will also be banned for four months with immediate effect. The player had prematurely terminated his U17 contract in Ljubljana on January 30, 2022, so FC did not have to pay a fee. Just one day later he is said to have signed in the Rhineland.
Cologne is said to have instigated Potocnik
The Slovenes claimed that Cologne instigated the then 16-year-old Potocnik to leave and the contract was unilaterally terminated without reason. Originally, the club even wanted a transfer fee of 2.5 million euros – Dinamo Zagreb allegedly offered this amount for Potocnik. The FC says the offer was invented.
Cologne can appeal against the verdict within 21 days at the International Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS.
