14 month transfer ban for Barca

[pricey]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26852466

 

Spanish champions Barcelona have been given a 14-month transfer ban by Fifa for breaking rules on signing international players under 18.

The Catalan club cannot buy or sell players until the summer of 2015 after the world governing body imposed a transfer ban for the next two windows.

They have also been fined 450,000 Swiss Francs (£305,000).

 

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has been sanctioned by Fifa for the same breaches.

The RFEF has been given a fine of 500,000 Swiss Francs (£340,000) and told to "regularise its regulatory framework and existing system concerning the international transfer of minors in football" within a year.

 

Fifa rules state that international transfers are only permitted for players over the age of 18 - unless the player in question meets one of three qualifying criteria.

A Fifa investigation found that Barcelona and the RFEF were guilty of a "serious" infringement of the rules in relation to 10 players.

 

The investigation centred on several players aged under 18 who were registered and played for the club between 2009 and 2013.

 

Fifa's disciplinary committee said it sought to protect the best interests of young players, even if an international transfer might be beneficial to their football careers.

"On the basis of this analysis, the committee concluded that 'the interest in protecting the appropriate and healthy development of a minor as a whole must prevail over purely sporting interests'," said a Fifa statement.

 

 

Real will be happy, but interesting that action has been taken against such a big club.

Edited April 2, 2014 by pricey

[Tones]

Be amazed if it doesnt get over turned. Know nothing about the case, but just seen how easy Chelsea over turned the same ban.

[muleskinner]

more than a club

[aka Dus]

They'll prob try pin it on Rossell but they have got very dirty haven't they?

[Benzo-13]

Good stuff.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

and with their keeper out for 7 months, he was off anyway, but that means they can't sign a replacement

[Maldini]

Chelsea paid off Lens and they dropped the charges. Barcelona's offence involves them breaking FIFA's international youth transfer rules so it's not other clubs complaining it's FIFA. It won't go away easy this. It could get a lot worse for them if they get charged over the Neymar debacle.

[Swan Red]

Yeah like there's no one in FIFA they can pay off

[Cobs]

Yeah like there's no one in FIFA they can pay off

 

[aka Dus]

Ironically, if they stand firm on this and implement the punishment, it might actually be the first proper sign of a change in the culture at Fifa in memory.

[John am Rhein]

they should be forced to field catalan players only

[Maldini]

Yeah like there's no one in FIFA they can pay off

 

Ha! true, although the fact it's gotten to this stage probably means they didn't offer enough.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Ironically, if they stand firm on this and implement the punishment, it might actually be the first proper sign of a change in the culture at Fifa in memory.

 

the reality is they probably received the notice along with bank deposit slips made out in the names of FIFA execs

[Benzo-13]

:yes:/> they should be forced to field catalan players only

[Dan]

@JohnSinnott: Barcelona to appeal FIFA transfer ban and ready to take case to CAS. Club issues 14 point statement defending conduct #fcb

[downunder]

Can they sell players in this period?

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

Can they sell players in this period?

 

I hope so. Messi would be great cover for Raheem.

[Nathan Explosion]

Can they sell players in this period?

 

Thwre's a clue in the article itself.

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

Thwre's a clue in the article itself.

 

The Catalan club cannot buy or sell players until the summer of 2015

 

This one?

Edited April 3, 2014 by Grahimi LeBroy

[drdooom]

How does the no selling part work with EU regulations if an employee of theirs want to go work for another employer and they agree?

 

The article doesn't say 'or sell' anymore.

[Nathan Explosion]

This one?

 

That was the badger.

[Sion]

I reckon they're allowed to sell players.

What if a club purposely got a 12 month ban to avoid losing their best player?

Edited April 3, 2014 by Sion

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

I reckon they're allowed to sell players.

What if a club purposely got a 12 month ban to avoid losing their best player?

 

We should try it.

 

Knowing our luck, we'd get a 12 year ban.

[Rimbeux]

How does the no selling part work with EU regulations if an employee of theirs want to go work for another employer and they agree?

 

The article doesn't say 'or sell' anymore.

 

They can release him from contract maybe. Isn't there already the Webster thing, it's just there's a non binding agreement not to use it among the clubs.

[muleskinner]

doesn't the appeal mean they can continue to buy and sell players this Summer?