Due to the delay in contract compensation for foreign soldier Mamadou Guirassy, Khanh Hoa club was banned by FIFA from registering new players in the three transfer periods of summer 2024, late 2024 and summer 2025.
This penalty prohibits Khanh Hoa from buying and borrowing players from other places. Coastal football teams can only sell or promote young players from the training center to play.
Previously, in March 2024, Khanh Hoa liquidated the contract of player Mamadou Guirassy, with an agreement to compensate 3 months' salary. However, because this team's bank account was blocked from March 15 to June 25 because of unpaid tax debt for the 2022-2023 season, Khanh Hoa could not meet the one-time payment request from Guirassy. The team then proposed to pay in 3 installments, but the French player refused.
On March 27, FIFA sent an official dispatch, requesting Khanh Hoa to pay money to players born in 1995, before April 16, 2024. The amount of 3 months salary is 19,500 USD. But on June 26, Khanh Hoa paid the above amount to Guirassy.
On July 2, FIFA continued to announce that due to late payment, the amount Khanh Hoa had to pay was not 19,500 USD, but 27,900 USD, including penalty fees and 5% interest. The coastal city football team accepted to pay the remaining amount and agreed with Guirassy to pay before August 3, otherwise they would be sued.
However, problems continued to arise when Guirassy had not completed the visa extension procedures, so the bank could not perform the transaction. The French player filed a lawsuit. On August 6, FIFA announced a ban on Khanh Hoa from registering new players for three transfer periods.
On August 12, Khanh Hoa sent a letter to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and FIFA explaining the incident. This team needs to wait for Guirassy to complete his visa extension to pay the remaining amount, thereby being able to have his international ban lifted.
