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title: "Salah transfer saga far from finished"
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author: "Conor O'Connell"
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published: "2015-09-04T17:14:33Z"
modified: "2015-09-04T18:19:37Z"
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# Salah transfer saga far from finished

Fiorentina Director of Football, Danielle Prade, has revealed that FIFA will launch an investigation into the Mohamed Salah transfer fiasco, according to the [Daily Star](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/463071/fifa-investiation-Chelsea-winger-Mohamed-Salah-Roma).

The Egyptian winger was at the centre of one of Serie A’s most prolonged and controversial transfers this summer, which eventually culminated in a move to Italy’s capital.

After enjoying a successful loan spell with Fiorentina at the backend of last season, Salah was widely expected to extend his stay at La Viola, either by loan or through a permanent transfer for a fixed sum.

Yet to the bewilderment of Fiorentina and their director of football, Daniele Prade, Salah opted to snub Fiorentina’s attempt to renew his loan and [signed with Serie A rivals, AS Roma.](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/06/chelsea-mohamed-salah-loan-roma)

![Paolo Bruno/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readchelsea.com/readchelsea/2015/09/485940176.jpg)

Prade:

> *We could have reclaimed Salah only in January, not in the summer’s transfer window. Nobody could have imagined what the player had in mind during his six months in Florence. I never thought Salah’s mind could have turned that way. I was wrong in saying that I was certain he’d stay with us in January. You never stop learning in this job, I never expected what happened.*

While FIFA approved Salah’s loan move from Chelsea to AS Roma, the game’s governing body are still to make a final decision on the transfer as revealed by Prade himself.

> *FIFA themselves gave Salah only a provisional transfer from here until December, and they’ll make a ruling then.*

Indeed it appears a shady area remains over Fiorentina’s claim that they were entitled to sign the player as part of a clause in his loan switch to the club last season.