2 days Ago By Phil Smith
Oxford United have been hit with a fine and a transfer-fee restriction after failing to pay their contribution to Jay Matete’s wages while he was on loan from Sunderland. The EFL initially handed Oxford a three-window embargo for paying transfer fees over the error in line with their regulations, but that this has been reduced to one window on appeal and suspended for two years. A fine of £3,500 remains in place.
Advertisement Advertisement Sign up to our Sunderland AFC newsletter Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. The punishment was incurred after Oxford failed to pay wages owed to Sunderland for Matete’s time at the club in February of this year. Matete joined the club on loan on deadline day but saw his season and the loan deal itself brought to a premature end when he required surgery on a knee issue.
Sunderland were owed £63,680.34 for the time Matete was on loan at the club, and this was not paid until the club’s chief executive officer was made aware of the issue in July. The matter was then swiftly resolved, and an appeal commission ultimately decided that the punishment should be downgraded.
The fee embargo will come into place if there is a repeat in the next two years. Read More Oxford United Club Secretary, Vanessa Gomm, said the issue was now closed and that it was not impacting the club�.
