FIFA reviewed its transfer rules after Paul Pogba's £89million move to Manchester United from Juventus, according to Football Leaks.
The transaction was described as 'reproachable' in internal correspondence at the game's international governing body by disciplinary chiefs.
The disciplinary committee at FIFA also investigated whether there had been a breach of third-party ownership (TPO) rules by Juventus.
They made a huge payment of £41.4m to Pogba's agent, Mino Raiola, but FIFA were not able to establish a rule violation.
According to German magazine Der Spiegel, leaked internal documents at FIFA showed that the organisation's disciplinary committee decided against pursuing a case because of unclear legal footing.
Even so, the committee had the unanimous view that transfers such as Pogba's were 'certainly reproachable' and 'should not be tolerated'.
There was also a recommendation that the existing rules be reviewed so that penalties could be applied in any future cases.
Raiola earned the aforementioned £41.4m while representing all three parties involved in the deal — Juventus, United and Pogba. Juventus alone paid him £24m while United gave him a fee of £16m.
There was a deal between Raiola and Juventus in 2012 — prior to FIFA's ban on TPO — that he would receive €18m plus a three-fifths bonus of any sum paid for Pogba above €90m.
FIFA's report also questioned whether United were aware that Raiola was working for Juventus and them.
Taifour
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Do not move Pogba
zeoabilmyz
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Football Leaks are waking up too good, too late, where were they when these deals took place , while FIFA themselves were and are inefficient to checkmate these lapses , hence so called players agents took advantage and robbed many players and clubs astronomical sums , raiola is super agent who doesn't settle for less , his fee always drop in big bags the size of his tummy.
Vipacdknot
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mino is a Mafioso.
vomcikmrt
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Agents now have more power and influence than managers
Angus T
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Astonishing staff...absolute daylight robbery by Raiola. He earned the aforementioned £41.4m while representing all three parties involved in the deal ¿ Juventus, United and Pogba. What a robbery! !
I call it open robbery 😩
poiully
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Pogba is etihs he's not worth a quid in today's market!
rigorous
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It is amazing to think they knew prior to 2012 that Pogba was going to sell for ¿90million+ in the future!
Brucellosis
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Agents do barley anything And people have shown literally anyone can do the job including inexperienced family but yet they ate allowed to steal millions and manipulate players but than again its sad that grown men can't do basic business for themselves especially with the free time some of them have
ppx668
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Astonishing staff...absolute daylight robbery by Raiola. He earned the aforementioned £41.4m while representing all three parties involved in the deal ¿ Juventus, United and Pogba. What a robbery! !
introduc
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I thought City was the one ruining the transfer market
Maxwelle
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While Raiola and his like earn obscene amounts of money like that from transfers, it's in their interests to transfer a player as many times as they can throughout their careers
Radionicc
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Wasn’t this known for a while? The fat man made nearly as much money as Juve. He’s a prick, but he knows how to make money.
face44
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It amazes me that the players allow their agents to take such a big cut. They are the item of value, yet the agent is making several years wage for the player off the transfer.
Brandonwe
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Are you telling me a pro footballer would need to average £100k for roughly 10 years of their career to earn what this knob got from one transfer?
Elenadover
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Imagine how many ingredients for pizzas he can buy
Ericssona
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WTF Super Agents make more money than most of the top football players it seems
JAMESRMA10
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Just a part of the racket these agents are running right now. Raiola was supposed to maximize return for Pogba and Juventus yet also protect Man U from excessive amount? He should be representing the player and only the player. Obviously a conflict of interest. Plus, Man U have to pay him and appease him if they ever want access to any of his other players in his stable. They never touched on that aspect.
myhome12
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The fact that Raiola was working for all three parties in the transfer while Manchester United was the only party unaware of the setup is the biggest part of the article. He essentially got the biggest payday for himself and Juventus possible while pushing United to pay significantly more than they should have
Hipabiorsz
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I hope FIFA will change the rule, the Agents are causing havoc to all the club's every where. They are the one that instigate the players to move and earn commission again. The players are distracted and cannot performed FIFA should ban them or only allow the maximum of £10,000 per transaction with a maximum of 2 transaction per player.
Dannydrexx
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Raiola the hijacker