EXCLUSIVE: 'Confident' Portadown officials respond to FIFA transfer ban 'process'
Portadown stand confident a transfer embargo placed on the club by FIFA remains "an administrative issue" which will be resolved via support from the Irish Football Association.
It is understood the issue relates to paperwork flagged up by FIFA regarding a past transfer window pre-dating the managerial appointment of current Ports boss David Jeffrey.
The player registration freeze was triggered at the end of August as part of the process but a club spokesman for four-time Irish League champions Portadown has confirmed ongoing communication over the documentation question "across a number of months".
Officials have submitted an answer to FIFA over the latest request for information and currently "await a response".
"Waiver paperwork around a player transfer involving Portadown in a past window has been raised by FIFA for further clarification," said a Portadown spokesman, in a statement exclusive to the News Letter. "We have submitted requested paperwork to FIFA and consider it an administrative issue which will be resolved in due course.
"We are waiting to hear back from FIFA, with the Irish FA working with us as our governing body.
"It did not impact our summer transfer window and we are confident it can be resolved ahead of the winter transfer window.
"We thank the Irish FA for their support in this process."
An Irish FA spokesman confirmed “we are aware of the issue and engaging with the club”.