Real Madrid and Atletico have been banned from transfers after irregularities in signing of Under-18s.
FIFA
have sanctioned the Madrid clubs over 'irregularities in the signing of
minors' - the same offence for which Barcelona received their embargo.
The
pair will be unable to sign players in the summer or the next winter
window. However, they can still register players for the remainder of
this month.
Atlético have been slapped with a CHF 900,000 fine, while Real have been told to cough up CHF 360,000.
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Rules from the game's governing body state that international
transfers are only permitted for players over the age of 18 - unless
the individual players meets one of three qualifying criteria:
"Under-18s
can move to a club in a different country if their parents move there
for non-footballing reasons, if they are from another nation within the
European Union or European Economic Area and aged between 16 and 18, or
if they live within 100km of the club.'
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FIFA never revealed which players Barcelona
had been sanctioned for but have banned several of the club's top youth
players, forcing some - including Japanese starlet Takefusa Kubo - to
leave the club and move back home.
Atletico are four points ahead of their neighbours in the battle for La Liga, and go head-to-head at the Bernabeu next month.
FIFA statement in full
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned Spanish clubs Atlético
de Madrid and Real Madrid for breaches relating to the international
transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.
The two clubs were found to have violated several provisions concerning the international transfer and first registration of minor players as well as other relevant provisions with regard to the registration and participation of certain players in competitions.
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 for breaching articles 5, 9, 19 and 19bis as well as annexes 2 and 3 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (the “Regulations”). The transfer ban, which does not affect the current registration period at all, given that it opened before the decisions were notified, applies to each club as a whole – with the exception of the women’s, futsal and beach soccer teams – and does not prevent the release of players.
The two clubs were found to have violated several provisions concerning the international transfer and first registration of minor players as well as other relevant provisions with regard to the registration and participation of certain players in competitions.
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 for breaching articles 5, 9, 19 and 19bis as well as annexes 2 and 3 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (the “Regulations”). The transfer ban, which does not affect the current registration period at all, given that it opened before the decisions were notified, applies to each club as a whole – with the exception of the women’s, futsal and beach soccer teams – and does not prevent the release of players.
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Additionally, Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid have been
fined CHF 900,000 and CHF 360,000 respectively, while both clubs have
been issued with a reprimand and given 90 days in which to regularise
the situation of all minor players concerned.
The decisions,
which were notified to the parties concerned today, were made based on
the specific elements of each case. They follow investigations initially
conducted by FIFA Transfer Matching System GmbH (FIFA TMS) and
subsequently by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee as part of disciplinary
proceedings. The investigations concerned minor players who were
involved and participated in competitions with the clubs over various
periods between 2007 and 2014 (Atlético de Madrid) and between 2005 and
2014 (Real Madrid).
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FIFA works hard to protect the rights of players under the
age of 18 – whether male or female, amateur or professional. This is
done through the enforcement of regulations prohibiting the
international transfer of minors, or the first registration of minors in
a country other than their own, except in specific circumstances (cf.
art. 19 of the Regulations) that must be approved by the sub-committee
appointed by the Players’ Status Committee. As such, the provisions
relating to the protection of minors need to be strictly applied. This
has been confirmed on various occasions by the Court of Arbitration for
Sport. Opening up the door to exceptions beyond those carefully drafted
and included in the Regulations would unavoidably lead to cases of
circumvention of the rationale for these provisions.
The
web-based Transfer Matching System (TMS) provides a crucial platform to
monitor the international transfer market, to ensure compliance with the
rules, and to promote transparency and best practice.
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