Manchester City’s signing of Eliaquim Mangala from Porto could have broke a regulation FIFA have in place – as reported by Bloomberg.
Mangala arrived in the 2014 summer window and FIFA are reportedly investigating the transfer – specifically looking at the role Doyen Sports played in the move.
Doyen are prolific in purchasing percentages of player rights and they were a key factor in Mangala’s move, similarly to the signing of Carlos Tevez in 2009.
Tevez was also owned by a third party.
It has been documented that Porto allowed the outside investor to negotiate the deal and conceded their input in the transfer. This is something that goes against the laws FIFA have in place.
However, it is not Manchester City who are being investigated in this instance. The Blues are understood to have made no error in the deal and it is instead Porto who are under threat from the global organisation.
City have faced action from UEFA in recent years in regards to Financial Fair Play, which then affected the club’s transfer business for the 2014/15 summer window.
Porto could face similar fate if FIFA decide they have indeed broke the rules and could be banned from signing players.
