The New York Red Bulls have acknowledged that discrepancies surrounding last year’s transfer signing of Patryk Klimala have led to a short-term player registration ban from FIFA this week, but denied the claims out of Poland that they refused to honor solidarity payments once notified.
“MLS and the Red Bulls are aware of the issue and have made all required payments,” the club said in a statement to OaM on Wednesday. “We anticipate that FIFA will lift any sanctions shortly.”
The drama began with claims out of Poland late on Monday that the New York Red Bulls were unwilling to pay solidarity fees and “do not agree with the claims of [local] clubs.