Associated Press Sports
updated 8:21 a.m. ET Aug. 3, 2011
MADRID (AP) -Financially stricken Real Zaragoza says a private investment fund provided most of the transfer fee to sign goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez Gago.
Roberto joined the Spanish club from Benfica for ?8.6 million ($12.3 million) on Monday.
Neither club have revealed the name of the fund and Zaragoza's control over any future sale of the player is unclear.
Third-party ownership of players is outlawed in many countries, but Zaragoza says Roberto's signing is within Spanish rules.
Zaragoza reportedly has debts of ?134 million ($192 million) and is in bankruptcy protection.
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