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Real, Atletico to appeal transfer ban

Xinhua, January 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have announced they will appeal against the transfer ban imposed on them by FIFA on Thursday.

The governing body of world football has banned both clubs from registering new players this coming summer and in January 2017 for irregularities in signing players for their respective youth systems, highlighting that Atletico had broken the rules between 2007-2014 and Real Madrid between 2005-2014.

The ban is similar to that which FC Barcelona have just completed for similar offenses and like Barca, both of the Madrid clubs will appeal with Atletico publishing a statement on their website saying the club: "does not agree with the imposed sanctioning ruling and will examine all the documentation received to lodge an appeal against the sanction."

Club President, Enrique Cerezo also commented, "we will have to read all 110 pages of the report to see where the mistakes are, but we believe there are many."

Real Madrid also issued a communique saying the club will "appeal against the decision in all of its sporting incidents, considering them to be totally inappropriate," while the club' s General Director, Jose Angel Sanchez said that Real Madrid "had a code of ethics and had never broken them."

Once again club President, Florentino Perez failed to make an appearance to make any explanations to either the press or the club's fans. Enditem