Real And Atletico Madrid Transfer Bans Suspended

The FIFA-imposed transfer bans transfer ban given to Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have been suspended pending their appeals, the La Liga clubs have announced.

Real and Atletico were banned by the world governing body earlier this month from registering new signings for the next two transfer windows for breaching rules on the international transfer and registration of players aged under 18 however, both clubs immediately appealed against the ruling and on Friday night they announced the sanction had been provisionally suspended.

Real said in a statement on their official website: “Real Madrid has announced that the FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to provisionally suspend the sanction imposed on the club”

Atletico said in a statement: “The FIFA Appeal Committee has granted the probationary suspension of the sanction imposed by the Disciplinary Committee of said body that prevented our club from signing national or foreign football players during the next two full periods of recruitment. The probationary suspension of said sanction shall be applied pending the outcome of the appeal filed by our club with the Appeal Committee of the maximum global governing body of football”.

The Madrid clubs will not be able to register players this summer if their appeals are rejected before the window opens. They could sign players without being able to register them until the ban is lifted, as Barcelona did with Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal.