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CAS upholds FIFA’s Barca transfer ban
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THE Court of Arbitration for Sport yesterday dismissed Barcelona’s appeal and upheld the transfer ban that FIFA imposed on the Spanish club for breaking rules on registering minors as youth players.
“Barcelona had breached the rules regarding the protection of minors and the registration of minors attending football academies,” CAS said.
The ruling means Barcelona will be barred from signing any players in 2015, although it can still renew existing contracts, fire players and recall those loaned to other clubs, such as Denis Suarez and Gerard Deulofeu, both at Sevilla.
The club said in a statement it totally disagreed with the ruling and considered the sanction “completely disproportionate”.
It said the club understood and supported FIFA’s protection for minors policy and insisted it had acted correctly.
“Barcelona’s youth structure has enabled hundreds of young players to achieve their dreams,” the Catalan club added.
Barcelona said it was evaluating legal options, including appealing the decision to the Swiss Federal Court.
The club is renowned for training young players such as Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta at its La Masia academy.
FIFA exerts rigid control over transferring minors across international borders. In February 2013, FIFA found that Barcelona had violated those regulations when it signed 10 players under the age of 18 to its academy.
It was that finding that Barcelona appealed.
The international transfer of players under the age of 18 can only go through if their parents move to the country for non-football reasons.
Players between 16 and 18 can move within Europe if certain standards of education and living conditions are met.
Barcelona has always argued that La Masia fulfilled the most stringent requirements.
The concept of a youth training center was first proposed to Barcelona by Johan Cruyff, who graduated from a similar program at Ajax, and La Masia was opened in 1979.
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