GENEVA (AP) — South American champion Botafogo, owned by American businessman John Textor, went to sport’s highest court Wednesday in a dispute over an unpaid $21 million transfer fee to Major League Soccer club Atlanta United.

The Brazilian club is challenging FIFA’s order that it must pay the full amount for signing Argentina attacker Thiago Almada, a 2022 World Cup winner, after the first two installments went unpaid last year.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said the hearing in Botafogo’s appeal against FIFA and Atlanta United went ahead Wednesday. No deadline was given for a verdict by the court in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The FIFA-published verdict of its own judge’s ruling said Botafogo had asked “for more time to ‘sort it out,’” when the Rio de Janeiro club replied to MLS’ firs

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