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Real and Atletico lose FIFA appeals
- Updated: September 8, 2016
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have lost their appeals against one-year transfer bans by FIFA for breaking rules protecting underage players.
Both clubs were punished by FIFA’s disciplinary committee in January for breaching regulations governing the transfer of players under the age of 18, but appealed the decision. The bans were later frozen pending the appeals verdicts.
That appeal has been rejected meaning both clubs will be prevented from “registering any players at national and international level” in the next two transfer windows, until January 2018.
The teams can make deals to sign players but cannot register them to play.
A statement from Fifa said: “The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to reject the appeals lodged by Spanish …
