"The player had a no-hire agreement, and so had to sign his first contract in France," the Le Havre president told radio station France Info.
"But he didn't sign it because Manchester United contacted the parents and made astronomical and excessive financial propositions for a 15-year-old boy.
"We have submitted the case to FIFA. The letter to leave has not been agreed by the French Federation, so today FIFA has been referred.
"I hope we will get the same result [as the Kakuta case], which could justify to those clubs they can't do anything and they have rules to respect."
Manchester United insisted on Friday that they would challenge any punishment that may materialise as a result.
Hearing that gives me reason to grin not the usual lies and spin coming out of Sold Trafford
so why are united threatening legal action if le harve carry on with his