Barcelona
will be able to sign players this summer after FIFA announced that the
club's transfer ban will be put on hold pending an appeal.
The Catalan club had been given a transfer ban for two windows for breaching rules on signing minors from overseas.
Barcelona have appealed and FIFA has announced the ban will be suspended until the disciplinary process is completed.A FIFA statement said: 'The chairman of
the FIFA appeal committee considered that the appeal lodged by the club
is to be granted suspensive effect.'
The
Spanish champions were sanctioned by FIFA's disciplinary committee on
April 2 for breaking the rules in the case of 10 under-18 players and
punished with a transfer embargo for two transfer windows and a fine of
450,000 Swiss francs (£305,000).
The
world governing body has now said its appeal committee could not make
decision in time to allow Barcelona to take a further appeal to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport before the news transfer window opens.
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