Barca plans CAS appeal after transfer ban upheld
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BARCELONA has lost an appeal against a decision to ban it from the transfer market for two consecutive windows, soccer’s world governing body FIFA said in a statement yesterday.
As a result, Barcelona, which was found guilty of breaching rules on the international transfer of under-18 players, will be banned from registering players during the next transfer window in January as well as the 2015 summer window, FIFA announced.
FIFA also rejected Barcelona’s appeal against a 450,000 Swiss francs (US$493,637) fine and has been given 90 days to regularize the situation of all the minor players concerned, the governing body said.
The ban was originally imposed in April and would have covered the current transfer window, followed by the next one in January. However, Barcelona appealed later the same month and the ban was lifted pending the outcome of the disciplinary process.
The Catalan club, hugely proud of its Masia academy, said it would take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“Barcelona cannot accept in any way a decision which attacks the spirit of our Masia, an example in human, sporting and academic development, recognized around the world,” it said in a statement.
Since the ban was temporarily lifted, Barcelona has signed Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, Belgium center back Thomas Vermaelen, France defender Jeremy Mathieu, Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic, Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and Germany stopper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The first four players alone cost about US$200 million.
The Spanish Football Federation also lost its appeal against a 500,000 Swiss francs fine, FIFA said.
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