TS Galaxy will have to spend millions of Rands to activate any incoming transfer business as FIFA’s registration bans remain planted on the club.

Beyond going into the new season minus Keagan Dolly, Dzenan Zajmovic, and Lebone Seema, the Betway Premiership club has four FIFA-imposed registration bans to deal with.

Club boss Tim Sukazi has confirmed that Dolly’s contract expired at the end of June, while Seema asked to be released and is now training with Orlando Pirates.

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Zajmovic has announced his departure after a productive season in which he scored 11 goals.

According to FIFA, TS Galaxy will not be able to make any transfers until further notice.

The first two bans came into effect on December 9 and 19 last year and will run for three transfer windows.

Then, with the third, which has been active since April 29, it will remain in place until it is lifted, meaning no new transfer registrations indefinitely.

The fourth ban is from two months ago (May 7) and will run for three windows.

These bans relate to contractual dispute cases taken by former players against the club to FIFA.

Only when all conditions related to settling these cases have been met will TS Galaxy then be able to make new signings.

This process will involve payments of millions of Rands to the claimants.

As it stands, they are the only club in the Betway Premiership not able to register players transferred from other clubs. 

This will come as a disadvantage for the club, with the MTN8 starting on August 1, after ending the 2024/25 season in fifth.

The current window, which opened on July 1, will ultimately close on September 22.

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TS Galaxy have another pending case involving Jegbay Morris Konneh, who won his case at FIFA’s DC and must now be paid USD118 800 (approx. R2,1 million). 

The club immediately asked for the grounds of the decision, which sets aside the 45-day notification to pay, which if not honoured then would lead to another registration ban.  

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