Hardly two months after striking their name off FIFA’s red list, the 2009 league champions Sofapaka have been slapped with a fresh transfer ban after being found guilty of breach of contract.Sofapaka who have in the recent past been embroiled with contractual disputes with their former foreign players were faulted by FIFA for unlawfully terminating Jedinak Nana’s contract and failing to pay him.Batoto Ba Mungu acquired the Ghanaian attacking midfielder in January last year and axed him at the start of the year citing ‘continued dismal performances’ as quoted by the BBC Sport.The player who earlier thrashed the idea of returning to the Kenyan league rushed to Zurich is search for justice and after moths of wait, he is glad that what is rightfully he’s will hit his account.”I am satisfied with the ruling,” he briefly said.Sofapaka is currently serving a transfer ban but that hasn’t stopped the team from dropping a dozen playershttps://t.co/784fG4UDuj— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) October 9, 2021 According to the BBC, the player had a year remaining in his contract by the time Sofapaka bosses decided to sent him packing without buying the remaining months of the deal and the reason given by the club for termination was inadmissible under the FIFA statutes. With the latest development, the club will be barred from registering new players with Football Kenya Federation being tasked in ensuring compliance to the directives from Zurich. The club will have to pay the player Ksh 1.4 million in order to sign and register new players.Moussa threatens to report Sofapaka to FIFABefore the current season kicked off, the Sofapaka technical bench had to operate with a lean squad as the club was grappling to clear its name from the bad books of the world’s governing body.The former Cup holders had been barred from registering new players after failing to pay their former Rwandese forward Justin Mico who had knocked on the global body’s disputes and resolution chamber.More trouble looming at Sofapaka as Aigba heads to FIFAThe club is expected to sink into more trouble after the 45 days they were given to pay their former Burundian defender Moussa Omar elapsed last month and yet, they had not wired money in his account.Further, Togolese goalkeeper Moubarak Aigba confirmed that plans were underway to report the club to FIFA for breach of contract.
