Barcelona banned from buying, selling players until 2015


A file picture of Barcelona players. - EPA

BERNE: Barcelona have been given a transfer ban for two consecutive windows and fined 450,000 Swiss francs (RM1.66mil) for breaching rules on the international transfer of foreign under-18 players, FIFA said on Wednesday.

The Spanish federation (RFEF) was fined 500,000 Swiss francs (RM2.25mil) after soccer's world governing body, found it had also breached rules on the transfer of minors, it added in a statement.

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