BREAKING: FIFA UPHOLD REAL &
ATLETICO MADRID TRANSFER BANS
The two capital clubs will suffer the same fate as Barcelona in 2014 after failing to overturn the
verdict, meaning they will not be allowed to sign players until 2018
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will be unable to register new players for the next two transfer windows after their appeals to FIFA were rejected.
The two clubs had been charged with breaching FIFA regulations relating to the protection and transfer of
minors.
ATLETICO MADRID TRANSFER BANS
The two capital clubs will suffer the same fate as Barcelona in 2014 after failing to overturn the
verdict, meaning they will not be allowed to sign players until 2018
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will be unable to register new players for the next two transfer windows after their appeals to FIFA were rejected.
The two clubs had been charged with breaching FIFA regulations relating to the protection and transfer of
minors.
And after seeing their appeals fail the Spanish sides will
suffer a similar fate to that of Barcelona, who had
previously been found guilty of breaking the laws in 2014.
"The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to reject the
appeals lodged by Spanish clubs Atlético de Madrid and
Real Madrid and to confirm in their entirety the decisions
rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee in the
respective cases relating to the protection of minors," the
body's statement said.
"Both clubs are to serve a transfer ban that prevents them
from registering any players at national and international
level for the next two complete and consecutive
registration periods for breaching articles 5, 9, 19 and
19bis as well as annexes 2 and 3 of the Regulations on the
Status and Transfer of Players (the “Regulations”).
"The transfer ban applies to each club as a whole – with
the exception of the women’s, futsal and beach soccer
teams – and does not prevent the release of players.
suffer a similar fate to that of Barcelona, who had
previously been found guilty of breaking the laws in 2014.
"The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to reject the
appeals lodged by Spanish clubs Atlético de Madrid and
Real Madrid and to confirm in their entirety the decisions
rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee in the
respective cases relating to the protection of minors," the
body's statement said.
"Both clubs are to serve a transfer ban that prevents them
from registering any players at national and international
level for the next two complete and consecutive
registration periods for breaching articles 5, 9, 19 and
19bis as well as annexes 2 and 3 of the Regulations on the
Status and Transfer of Players (the “Regulations”).
"The transfer ban applies to each club as a whole – with
the exception of the women’s, futsal and beach soccer
teams – and does not prevent the release of players.
"Additionally, Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid have
been fined CHF 900,000 and CHF 360,000 respectively,
while both clubs have been issued with a reprimand and a
warning and given 90 days in which to regularise the
situation of all minor players concerned.
The grounds of the decisions taken by the FIFA Appeal
Committee were communicated to the parties concerned today."
been fined CHF 900,000 and CHF 360,000 respectively,
while both clubs have been issued with a reprimand and a
warning and given 90 days in which to regularise the
situation of all minor players concerned.
The grounds of the decisions taken by the FIFA Appeal
Committee were communicated to the parties concerned today."
