Ismaël Bangoura faces a setback in his progress with Nantes as he grapples with renewed troubles stemming from his past with Al-Nasr. Despite overcoming challenges with his Nantes team, the Guinean player is once again at the center of a dispute with his former club. The Swiss federal court has ruled him guilty of an abusive breach of contract with Al-Nasr, ordering him to pay a substantial fine of 4.5 million euros to the Dubai-based club.
Presse Océan reports that the verdict was delivered on January 6 but only reached Nantes this Thursday. This legal dispute, arising from Bangoura’s departure from Al-Nasr, resulted in Nantes facing recruitment restrictions during the previous season.
Bangoura, having been excluded from the Al-Nasr squad and left unpaid for an extended period, unilaterally joined Nantes without prior discussion with the Asian club’s leadership. Subsequently, FIFA was approached by Al-Nasr for the unilateral breach of contract, leading to the imposition of a hefty fine on the Guinean striker. Nantes, too, faced accusations of encouraging the player to improperly terminate his contract during a protected period, resulting in a two-year recruitment ban (covering the summer transfer window of 2013 and the January 2014 winter transfer window).
