The Spanish club Real Madrid CF has informed the Court ofArbitration for Sport (CAS) that it will file an appeal within the next days against the decision renderedby the FIFA Appeals Committee on 8 September 2016, confirming the decision previously taken bythe FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 23 July 2015, following an alleged breach of the FIFA Rulesconcerning the transfer of minor players. Pursuant to such FIFA decision, Real Madrid is preventedfrom registering any players at national and international level for the next two complete andconsecutive registration periods.
Prior to the filing of the appeal, Real Madrid CF has requested urgent interim measures from CAS inorder to stay the execution of Point 6 of the FIFA decision. Such request was granted by CAS earliertoday. Accordingly, only Point 6 of the decision is suspended, pending the outcome of the appeal dueto be filed with the CAS in the coming days. The other elements of the FIFA decision remain in forcefor the time being.
Point 6 of the FIFA decision reads as follows (free translation from the original Spanish text):
Real Madrid CF is granted with a term of 90 days to regularize the situation of the minors within theclub. In particular the club shall present, without further delay, the relevant requests to theSubcommittee appointed by the Player’s Status Committee and comply with all the relevant rules andregulations with respect to the specific cases. Should the club obtain the approval of the subcommitteefor registration/transfer of a player, the club shall be exempt of the prohibition imposed by the presentdecision for the registration/transfer of the authorized minor.
For more information, please contact:
Matthieu Reeb
CAS Secretary General
or Katy Hogg
Communications Officer
Email: media@tas-cas.org
Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00
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