LA LIGA SIDE Real Madrid have joined cross-city rivals Atletico Madrid in having their Fifa-imposed sanction against registering players temporarily lifted.
Both Real and Atletico were hit with bans in January after Fifa’s Disciplinary Committee found them to be in breach of regulations “relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18″.
Spanish champions Barcelona were hit with a sanction for a similar punishment in 2014, which expired this month.
Both clubs have appealed the two-window ban, which is not due to take effect until the transfer window at the end of the 2015-16 season and the subsequent registration period in January 2017.
After Atletico confirmed that the ban would be temporarily suspended while the appeal is ongoing, Real did likewise in an official statement.
“Real Madrid CF announced that the Fifa Appeal Committee has decided to provisionally suspend the sanction imposed on the club,” the club said.
In Barca’s case, the club appealed to Fifa shortly after the decision was made in April and, when the sanction was suspended, they were permitted to make signings prior to their treble-winning 2014-15 season.
Juventus ain’t no PSG. World class centre backs and plus they will have learnt from PSG’s mistakes
@Liverpool HQ: sure didn’t they say it was impossible last time
@Liverpool HQ: Boufon deserves that champions league
Hope juve see it through. Still though would be interesting to see Barcelona in the final without a second leg at the nou camp to save them
Barcelona will go through tomorrow. What is it about the Camp Nou and mid week Champions league games. Has a magic sense to it. Love it. Come on Barca.
We all know Chiellini is only talking about one shark in the barca team.
Can’t wait for the Oscar awards at full time
Only team scoring 5 here is juve,
The more desperate Barca will become as the match progresses the more space they will leave open in what is terrible defence.
Expect to see juve sit back for 60 mins , substitute on a bit of pace and finish them off
No way barca will do it again juve have are in the top 3 for defences in europe IMO
And with the referee you will probably score 6