Arsenal's appeal against a FIFA punishment into alleged illegal clauses being inserted into the 2018 sales of two players will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in March.
The club were last year fined 40,000 Swiss francs (£33,000) by the world governing body following an investigaton into sell-on clauses relating to the departures of Chuba Akpom and Joel Campbell.
Akpom joined Greek side PAOK Thessaloniki and Campbell left for Italy's Frosinone in the summer of 2018, with Arsenal inserting clauses that meant they would receive a bigger share of future fees if either player was subsequently moved to English clubs.
FIFA considered that to be a breach of their rules relating to influencing third-parties but Arsenal argued that the FA and Premier were satisfied no rules were broken. CAS will now hear an appeal on March 16.
The clause for Akpom dictated that Arsenal would received 40% of the fee if he was sold to a British club but only 30% from any other team.
The striker joined Sky Bet Championship club Middlesbrough at the beginning of this season for £2.25million.
If Campbell was sold back to an English team, Frosinone would have had to pass on 30% of the fee in comparison to 25% if he joined a club elsewhere. He is currently playing for Mexican side Leon.
“The committee considers that, by the mere existence of these clauses, Frosinone and PAOK FC are influenced by Arsenal in employment and transfer-related matters,” FIFA disciplinary committee member Thomas Hollerer wrote in the verdict document released last summer.
“The committee considers that the relevant clauses undoubtedly grant Arsenal the ability to influence in employment and transfer-related matters the independence, policies and the performance of PAOK FC and Frosinone’s teams.”
FIFA added that “should such infringements occur again in the future, the committee would be left with no other option than to impose harsher sanctions."
But Arsenal were not satisfied by the judgment and their argument will be heard in Lausanne.
