FIFA lifts transfer ban on ISL club Mohun Bagan Super Giants

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Mohun Bagan's Jason Cummings celebrating with team mates Jamie Maclaren and Sahal Abdul Samad after scoring from the spot during the ISL 2024-25 Final at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium, Kolkata on Saturday. (ISL media)

Football’s global governing body FIFA has lifted the transfer ban on Mohun Bagan Super Giant on Tuesday clearing the way for the club to sign new players for the upcoming season.

The ban was imposed on May 5 over non-payment of dues to the Australian striker Jason Cummings’ former club Central Coast Mariners of Australia. It took just more than a month to revoke the ban as the club acted proactively.

Mohun Bagan had submitted a 107-page document to FIFA and responded to two subsequent queries from the governing body.

“Mohun Bagan submitted a 107-page document to FIFA and thereafter there were two queries, and finally the disciplinary committee has sent a mail lifting the ban,” a Mohun Bagan Super Giant official told PTI.

Unlike Mumbai City FC, whose similar ban took nearly three months to be lifted, Mohun Bagan managed to resolve the issue within a month.

The news comes days after a new president Debasish Dutta and general secretary Srinjoy Bose took charge of the club.

However, the ban did not significantly impact the club as the summer transfer window opened last week on June 9, giving them plenty of time to build on the team for the coming ISL season.

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Mohun Bagan will also be able to feature in the continental tournament this year after they had to pull out last time due to a ban by the AFC. The continental body had sanctioned a fine and banned the Kolkata-based club from the AFC Champions League 2 after the team decided to withdraw from a league match in Iran citing concerns related to the political tensions in the Middle East between Isarel and Iran.

The Indian club withdrew from the match against Tractor SC and didn’t travel to the city of Tabriz inviting ban from AFC under the competition regulations.

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