The Spanish clubs were banned by FIFA for breaching rules over the transfer of foreign players under 18.
Spanish football giants, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid
won’t be signing new players in the next two transfer windows, after
losing their initial appeal to the original ruling made in January 2016.
The duo from Spain’s capital were banned
by world football’s governing body FIFA for breaching rules over the
transfer of foreign players under 18 who played in competitions for
Atletico between 2007 and 2014, and for Real from 2005-2014.
As a result, Atletico are expected to
pay a fine of 900,000 Swiss francs (£622,000) while Real will have to
part with 360,000 Swiss francs (£249,000). Both clubs would also be
unable to sign players until 2018.
‘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’, a FIFA statement reads.
The Spanish sides could still sign
players this winter though, pending a ruling from their appeal to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport.
In April 2014, La Liga champions Barcelona were banned from signing players in two transfer windows after they also breached transfer rules of under-18 players.
They however signed Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal in 2015, but the duo couldn’t play until the January 2016 window opened.
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