Is it a prestigious French club? FIFA's disciplinary action for failing to pay 3.1 million won...The situation in Gwangju is the same as it is
May 27, 2025
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The French daily 'L'Equipe' reported on the 27th (Korea time) that Lyon was banned from registering players by FIFA for failing to pay transfer fees.
FIFA's list of prohibited registration included clubs that were temporarily prohibited from registering players due to various violations such as financial disputes and violations of regulations. Recently, in the K-League, Gwangju recruited a player in the winter transfer market even though he was banned from recruiting for about five months from December last year to this month due to Asani's unpaid solidarity contribution of 4.2 million won.
According to 'L'Equipe', Lyon was banned from signing the transfer market three times for failing to pay a transfer fee of 2,000 euros (about 3.1 million won). As a result, registration of players is prohibited until the transfer market in January 2027.
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In response, Lyon said on the 25th that it had been reviewing internal procedures for the past few weeks, and this issue was one of them.
FIFA lifts the ban on player registration as soon as the club completes certain procedures. Gwangju was also removed from the list of players prohibited from registering after paying solidarity contributions and fines for delayed payment on the 22nd.
The prestigious Lyon, which has won seven times in the French Ligue 1, ranked sixth in the Ligue 1 championship in the 2024-2025 season.
In the quarterfinals of the European Europa League, he faced Manchester United and was unfortunately eliminated with a combined score of 6-7.
Lyon, owned by American businessman John Textor, has been steadily controversial over its financial problems in recent years. In November last year, rumors of a drop in the second division were reported. At the time, the French soccer financial supervisory authority (DNCG) announced "If Lyon fails to settle 100 million euros (about 146.8 billion won), which is one-fifth of its cumulative debt of 500 million euros (about 734.1 billion won), it will be demoted to League 2 (second division) next season." In the midst of this, the incident of '3.1 million KRW unpaid' also broke out. Where on earth is Lyon, once the strongest in France heading?
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
