Barcelona illegal from next 2 transfer windows for breaching rules over minors!

The Spanish club has been sanctioned for breaking the principles within the case of ten minors and been punished with a transfer embargo for two transfer windows and a fine of 450,000 Swiss francs.

The Spanish fa has conjointly been penalised for rule breaches in terms of registering the players and penalised 500,000 Swiss francs.

FIFA same in a statement: "FC urban center has been found to be in breach of article 19 of the regulations within the case of ten minor players and to own committed several different coincident infringements within the context of different players.

"The disciplinary committee regarded the infringements as serious and determined to sanction the club with a transfer ban at both national and international level for two complete and consecutive transfer periods, in conjunction with a fine of 450,000 Swiss francs.

"Additionally, the club was granted a amount of ninety days within which to regularise the situation of all minor players concerned."

The sanctions follow investigations conducted by FIFA's transfer matching system officers into under-18 players World Health Organization were registered and took part in competitions with the club between 2009 and 2013.

FIFA's rules state international transfers of minors area unit only permissible underneath limited circumstances, and have to be sanctioned by FIFA's players' status committee.

The FIFA statement added: "The disciplinary committee emphasized that the protection of minors within the context of international transfers is a crucial social and legal issue that concerns all stakeholders in soccer.

"The committee highlighted that whereas international transfers might, in specific cases, be favourable to a young player's sporting career, they are very probably to be contrary to the best interests of the player as a minor.

"Young soccer players area unit prone to exploitation and abuse in a foreign country while not the right controls. This explicit reality makes the protection of minors in soccer by the sport's governing bodies,particularly by FIFA, even a lot of necessary."

The Spanish fa, which desecrated article 19 of the regulations regarding the primary registration of the players, has been given a amount of one year in to "regularise their restrictive framework and existing system regarding the international transfer of minors in football".

Barcelona can almost certainly attractiveness against the transfer ban, which has cast a shadow of doubt over moves already agreed for Borussia Monchengladbach keeper Marc-Andre ter Stergen and Croatian 17-year-old Alen Halilovic, World Health Organization turns 18 in june.

Barcelona have a trio of youth players from Asian country, as well as much-sought once 15-year-old striker Lee Seung Woo, plus different players from africa.

FIFA only allows international youth transfers once one among three things apply: the player's folks have affected country for his or her own, non-related reasons; the move takes place inside the eu Union if a player is aged between 16 and 18; or the player's house is but fifty kilometres from the national border being crossed.