Thursday, April 3, 2014
FIFA sanctions Barcelona for transfer of minors.
Barcelona FC sanctioned
by FIFA for international transfer of minors. The Spanish Champions
have been found to be in breach of the signings of 10 minors have
been accused of committing sevearal other concurrent infringements in
the context of other players. FIFA also sanctioned the Spanish
Football Federation.
The ban on the Spanish
side came after FIFA's initial investigation which was conducted by
the World football body's Transfer Matching System Gmbh over the
course of last year and subsequently by the FIFA disciplinary committee
as part of the disciplinary proceedings. The investigations by both
committee revealed that Barcelona violated several provisions
concerning the international transfer ad first registration of
participation in competition with the club over various periods
between 2009 and 2013.
According to art 19 of
the Regulation on the status and Transfer of players (the
“Regulations”) which is the the main provision relating to the
protection of minors in the context of international transfers,
international transfer of players are only permitted if the player is
over 18. However, the same article stipulates that international
transfers of minor players are permitted under three limitted
circumstance, any other exceptions made to this can only be granted
after proper evaluation by the sub-commitee of the players' status
committee
Currently, Barca have a
trio of South Korean Youth players including the highly rated
15-year-old striker Lee Seung Woo as well as other players from
Africa. Last year, Barcelona agreed to a deal for Borussia's
Monchengladbach's German goalkeeper, Marc Andre ter Stegen, Croatian
17-year-old Alen Halivovi who will turn 18 in June and was scheduled
to join the club next season.
Barca cannot buy of sell
players until the summer of 2015 and have been fined £305,
000.
Source:FIFA
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