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Ricardo Nascimento refuses to let go of R600k owed by expelled Royal AM
Still owed money Former Royal AM captain Ricardo Nascimento still wants to be paid what he is owed by the club. Photo: Gerhard Duraan/BackpagePix
Brazilian defender Ricardo Nascimento still wants what's owed to him by Royal AM, despite the club being kicked out of the PSL after a financial scandal involving owner Shauwn Mkhize.
After going months without receiving a salary from the club, Nascimento took the issue up with world football governing body FIFA, who ruled that he was owed R600,000. The club was also handed a transfer ban until they settled their debts.
They also owed Serbian striker Samir Nurkovic R15 million, plus interest and related costs. Speaking from Brazil, attorney Matheus Augusto Bertasso insisted that the player was still after what he was owed, despite the club being taken off FIFA's list of clubs serving a transfer ban.
'The player's attorneys are now studying other ways to claim the amount due in favour of Ricardo Nascimento, since the transfer ban imposed was not sufficient,' Bertasso was quoted by KickOff on Friday.
