Scottish side Partick Thistle have confirmed that they have approached Fifa, through the Scottish FA, after the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) declined to issue an international transfer certificate (ITC) to Ivorian forward Souleymane Coulibaly.
Coulibaly fled Egypt in May last year after just four months into his three-and-a half year contract with Al-Ahly, claiming he was feeling unsafe in the North African country.
Al Ahly reported the Ivorian to Fifa who then ordered him to pay a fine of $1.4 million.
The EFA is declining to clear him to play for Partick Thistle. So, the Scottish outfit has now sought Fifa’s intervention to resolve the matter.