MOSCOW, Jul 18 Arbitration Court (CAS) demanding that the International Football Federation (FIFA) pay 50 million euros, reports The Athletic. Previously, FIFA extended permission to suspend contracts with Russian clubs for foreign players until June 2023, in connection with which a number of legionnaires left the teams of the Russian Premier League (RPL). A similar measure is envisaged in relation to Ukrainian clubs due to the situation in the country. «We almost agreed on contracts and agreed on everything, but when FIFA made this decision, Fulham sent us an email saying that due to «Fifa withdraws its documents, conditions and will take this player (Manor Solomon) for free. There is absolutely nothing we can do to stop this. He signed a contract with them and is a Fulham player,» Shakhtar CEO Sergei Palkin quotes The Athletic.» How could you give me a week to close deals on 14 foreign players? When dealing with clubs, players and agents, it is technically and physically impossible to do all this in a week. This is a very ridiculous decision, but when FIFA made the decision, within two days we lost direct deals worth at least 26 million euros. They made a decision, and all the clubs said: «Thank you very much, FIFA is helping us, we take these players for free,» Palkin added.
