Fulham have been handed a deadline over the payment of the €4.57million they still owe to Lyon for the transfer of French striker Steve Marlet.
FIFA have given the Cottagers a month to come up with the outstanding cash they owe and have threatened them with a possible transfer embargo should they not meet that deadline.
Marlet joined Fulham side from Lyon in August 2001 and signed a five-year-deal, but the Premiership side have still not paid the final instalment of his transfer fee.
Meanwhile, Fulham boss Jean Tigana has hit out at referee Phil Dowd following his side's FA Cup exit at the hands of first division Burnley. The Fulham manager said "I was angry with the referee and told him he had to protect myplayers. In the first 20 minutes Burnley wanted to break Luis Boa Morte."
"They (the officials) should respect me and Fulham, but I don't have the power of Arsene Wenger or Sir Alex Ferguson," he added.
Filed by Rob Wright
