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LECCE – The Independent Commission for the Verification of the Economic and Financial Balance of Professional Sports Clubs has issued a favorable opinion on suspending the salary of the player Lameck Banda, who has been unavailable for contact in recent months. The decision, announced on October 19, 2026, followed a request submitted by US Lecce and also forwarded to the FIGC. The Commission, while emphasizing that, as a general rule, pending litigation does not in itself preclude financial obligations for the purposes of club oversight, acknowledged that, according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the FIGC/Lega Serie A/Associazione Italiana Footballers, specific conditions such as unavailable may…