FIFA have suspended Barcelona’s transfer ban, allowing the Liga club to sign players this summer.
Earlier this month FIFA announced that it had banned Barcelona from transferring players for the next two transfer windows due to breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.
Such a decision would have prevented them from either buying or selling players until the summer of 2015.
However, Barcelona lodged an appeal before the FIFA Appeal Committee and asked for the ban to be suspended until the appeal process has been completed.
Due to the complexity of the issue, FIFA have granted the suspension.
FIFA said in a statement: “The club FC Barcelona has lodged an appeal before the FIFA Appeal Committee against the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee that sanctioned the club for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18. Together with the appeal, the club requested that its appeal be granted suspensive effect.
“In this respect, the chairman of the FIFA Appeal Committee, Larry Mussenden, took into consideration the sanctions imposed against the club, the complexity of the matter, the start date of the next registration period – 1 July 2014 – and the fact that the FIFA Appeal Committee does not seem in a position to take a decision on the main issue early enough so that an eventual appeal of the club against its decision before the Court of Arbitration for Sport would still be decided before the beginning of the next registration period. Consequently, the chairman of the FIFA Appeal Committee considered that the appeal lodged by the club is to be granted suspensive effect.
“In view of the foregoing, the chairman of the FIFA Appeal Committee assures that proper and adequate appeal proceedings will take place and, at the same time, that all rights of the club will be respected.”
Barcelona have also stated their intention to appeal via the Court of Arbitration for Sport should their appeal via FIFA fail.
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