The adage 'it never rains but pours' will be of apt relevance for Royal AM as they seek a way out of their FIFA transfer ban with yet another controversy chapter surfacing in Ricardo Nascimento's case.
Just when it seemed Royal AM would reach a settlement in paying Nascimento his dues, it has emerged there is another pending issue.
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Nascimento took up his breach of contract dispute against Royal AM to FIFA last year after failed attempts to resolve the matter amicably with the club.
The Brazilian was then handed an award of R600 000 (effective September 2023 with an interest of 5% per annum).
Royal AM still didn't comply by paying and were then subsequently handed a three-window transfer ban in January 2024, following which they requested a motivated decision from FIFA, before subsequently withdrawing their CAS appeal.
With weeks turning into months, the club then changed their legal representative in the matter from Leruma Thobejane of Botha Massyn and Thobejane Attorneys to Eben Koen from BDP Attorneys.
Koen has made efforts to engage Pedro Felipe Gomes da Silva – partner of RA Law firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil who represent Nascimento – seeking to settle the matter.
It has now emerged the intermediary who did Nascimento's deal – Marcelo Robalinho – has a bone to chew with Royal AM after they didn't pay him his 6% commission.
The claim for the case is that Royal AM agreed to pay the commission in sealing the deal but then later reneged.
This website has now been informed that the two cases are now intertwined and will have to be settled as one for the ban to be lifted.
The KwaZulu-Natal club hasn't responded in the matter relating to the agent's claim.
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Royal AM have another case for a significantly bigger amount relating to Samir Nurkovic awaiting an outcome from the Court of Arbitration (CAS) after the club appealed FIFA's ruling.
The update from CAS this week extended the deadline for awarding of the decision to September 13 from the initial July 15 after the case was heard on May 13.