Overview

• The Spanish federation notified Athletic on September 3 that FIFA rejected its bid to secure the International Transfer Certificate from Saudi Arabia.
• Athletic, Al‑Nassr and Aymeric Laporte agreed a transfer on September 1 subject to specific conditions.
• Athletic filed the move on FIFA’s Transfer Matching System on September 1 but could not complete the process that day due to external factors.
• The RFEF asked FIFA on September 2 to authorize an exceptional validation to obtain the certificate needed for registration.
• Athletic states it is evaluating legal avenues to try to finalize the player’s incorporation.