I flere måneder har det vært spekulert i at både Real Madrid og Atlético Madrid ville bli straffet av FIFA for brudd på internasjonale overgangsregler. Barcelona har allerede sonet sin dom, og torsdag ble det klart at de to hovedstadsklubbene også lider samme skjebne. Dermed vil hverken Real Madrid eller Atlético kunne registrere spillere i de to neste overgangsvinduene - sommeren 2016 og vinteren 2017.

Her følger deler av FIFAs offisielle uttalelse på engelsk:

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.

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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