Bayer Leverkusen’s Hakan Calhanoglu will not be paid his salary or any bonuses during a four-month ban imposed by world soccer’s governing body FIFA.

The 22-year-old will miss the remainder of the season after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last week upheld the ban imposed by FIFA over his contract dispute with Trabzonspor dating back to 2011.

Calhanoglu  was also ordered to pay Trabzonspor €100,0000. He joined Leverkusen in 2014.

“Bayer Leverkusen have absolutely no involvement in this but the club was hit hard on both a sporting and financial level by this sanction,” Calhanoglu said.

“That is why it is clear to me that I cannot further damage the club and I will waive my salary for the duration of my ban.”

Trabzonspor had lodged a claim with FIFA in April 2013 alleging that Calhanoglu had breached the terms of his deal without just cause when he signed for Karlsruhe in 2011.

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