The world's football governing body has cleared the former WAFA defender and the Austrian top-flight outfit from any wrong doing over the signing of the former last year
Dispute Resolution Chamber of FIFA has rejected Liga Portugal 2 side CD Santa Clara financial and disciplinary action demands against Kennedy Boateng and SC Austria Lustenau, the Austrian Bundesliga outfit have announced.
After sealing a move to the Lustenau-based club on a free transfer, the relegated Portuguese top-tier side filed a complaint to FIFA claiming the player and the club should be brought to book - citing a breach of contractual obligations on the part of the 27-year-old defender as their employee.
After all the parties were made to present their statements of defense in January this year, those in charge of the Planet Pure Stadion have said that the Dispute Resolution Chamber of FIFA has quashed the claimant case against them as well as the experienced guardsman.
A statement from the club's official website read: "Today, Monday, FIFA informed the parties involved about the decision of the “Dispute Resolution Chamber” in connection with the procedure surrounding the employment relationship and the signing of the player Kennedy Kofi Boateng. CD Santa Clara's claims against the player and therefore also against SC Austria Lustenau were completely rejected.
"At the beginning of January, SC Austria Lustenau was informed that our player Kennedy Boateng's former club CD Santa Clara had made both financial and disciplinary demands to FIFA against the players - and therefore also against the player's new club. After all parties involved have submitted their statements over the last few months, FIFA's responsible “Dispute Resolution Chamber” today announced its decision in this case. The decision states that all allegations and demands from the Portuguese club have been completely rejected and therefore both the player and SC Austria Lustenau do not have to fear any consequences."
Board of directors spokesperson Bernd Bösch added this to his outfit communications network.
“Even though – as we have often emphasized – we were not aware of any wrongdoing on our part at any point in the process and carried out everything properly when signing us, we are of course all relieved that the responsible body at FIFA has confirmed this view. We are very happy that we can now hopefully finally close this chapter and focus fully on the other important issues in the club relating to staying in the league. In this context, we would like to once again thank Luca Tettamanti from ELITE LAW SE, who provided us with excellent support throughout the entire process."
Born to a Ghanaian father and a Togolese mother in Ghana, Boateng opted to represent Togo at the international level.
