AVS Blocked From Registering Players Over FIFA Debt Ruling
FIFA barred AVS from signing players over a debt to Welinton Júnior inherited from CD Aves, though the ban has no immediate effect with the window shut until January.
FIFA has blocked AVS from registering players since 15 September over an unpaid debt to forward Welinton Júnior, according to Record.
The debt dates back to CD Aves, the club whose sporting succession AVS later took on, a matter already examined by the Tribunal Arbitral do Desporto. FIFA holds AVS responsible for the money owed to Welinton Júnior, who now plays for Portimonense, having joined the club in February 2026 and scored once since.
AVS disputes that reading. A source at the club said:
The ban stays in place until FIFA lifts it. For now it changes nothing on the pitch: the transfer window does not reopen until January, so AVS has no registrations pending in the meantime.
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