Confirmed: Fifa to investigate Chelsea loan policy after Fiorentina make Salah complaint

Mohamed Salah joined Roma this summer

FIFA have received a complaint from Fiorentina over their loan agreement for Mohamed Salah.

 

The Italian side took Salah on loan last season and believed they had an agreement to sign the Egyptian on a permanent deal.

But Salah rejected the move and joined Roma instead in another loan move.

 

And FIFA today confirmed they had received a written complaint and will begin looking into it.

A spokesperson told Press Association Sport: "We can confirm having received a claim from the Italian club, ACF Fiorentina, against the English club, Chelsea FC, and the player, Mohamed Salah Ghaly, for breach of contract.

"The matter is still pending and being investigated."

Chelsea's loan policy has come under further scrutiny after they allowed 33 players to leave the club on short term deals.

 

Victor Moses joined West Ham on loan

First team players Salah, Juan Cuadrado, Victor Moses, Marco Van Ginkel, Nathaniel Chalobah have all been farmed out as well as a host of under-21s.

But technical director Michael Emenalo has defended the club's policy.

"Sometimes we know there are players whose development is not finished, just like Victor, who we want to keep with our squad but who maybe needs to play more football to get to the level we think he can get to, because he is very, very talented," he said.

"Sometimes the timing is not right for them.

"For example we got (Juan) Cuadrado straight after a very difficult game at Spurs and we had to change our strategy for the rest of the season.

"That didn't suit the reason for which we had already gone to get him.

"So we felt it would be better for him to go and rediscover his confidence and he hasn't just gone to any other team... he's gone to Juventus.

"These players go to top clubs and when they get there they prove we don't recruit bad players, just like Salah did last season."