Avfc96 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2313003/index.html The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) and Spanish club FC Barcelona for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18. The sanctions follow investigations initially conducted by FIFA Transfer Matching System GmbH (FIFATMS) over the course of last year and subsequently by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee as part of disciplinary proceedings. The RFEF and FC Barcelona were found to have violated several provisions concerning the international transfer and first registration of non-Spanish minors with the club, as well as other relevant regulations with regard to the registration and participation of certain players in national competitions. The investigations concerned several minor players who were registered and participated in competitions with the club over various periods between 2009 and 2013. Currently, the main provision relating to the protection of minors in the context of international transfers is art. 19 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (the “Regulations”). According to art. 19, international transfers of players are only permitted if the player is over the age of 18. However, the same article stipulates that international transfers of minor players are permitted under three limited circumstances, and such exceptions may only be granted after evaluation by the sub-committee of the Players’ Status Committee. In this respect, the Disciplinary Committee emphasised that the protection of minors in the context of international transfers is an important social and legal issue that concerns all stakeholders in football. Above all, the committee highlighted that while international transfers might, in specific cases, be favourable to a young player’s sporting career, they are very likely to be contrary to the best interests of the player as a minor. On the basis of this analysis, the committee concluded that “the interest in protecting the appropriate and healthy development of a minor as a whole must prevail over purely sporting interests.” The Disciplinary Committee underlined that FIFA takes the protection of minors in football very seriously. The protection of minors is one of the key principles included in the agreement concluded between FIFA, UEFA and the European Commission in 2001. The Disciplinary Committee acknowledged that young football players are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse in a foreign country without the proper controls. This particular fact makes the protection of minors in football by the sport’s governing bodies, especially by FIFA, even more important. With regard to the case in question, FC Barcelona has been found to be in breach of art. 19 of the Regulations in the case of ten minor players and to have committed several other concurrent infringements in the context of other players, including under Annexe 2 of the Regulations. The Disciplinary Committee regarded the infringements as serious and decided to sanction the club with a transfer ban at both national and international level for two complete and consecutive transfer periods, together with a fine of CHF 450,000. Additionally, the club was granted a period of 90 days in which to regularise the situation of all minor players concerned. With regard to the RFEF, the Disciplinary Committee determined that the association had also violated art. 19 of the Regulations and other provisions in the context of the transfer and first registration of certain minor players. In this respect, the RFEF was sanctioned with a fine of CHF 500,000 and granted a period of one year in which to regularise their regulatory framework and existing system concerning the international transfer of minors in football. In addition, the RFEF and the club were issued with a reprimand in accordance with art. 14 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. The web-based Transfer Matching System (TMS) became mandatory for all international transfers of professional male players within the scope of eleven-a-side football in October 2010. As early as 2009, the use of TMS was obligatory in all applications for a first registration of a minor or an international transfer involving a minor in accordance with art. 19 of the Regulations. FIFA TMS, founded as a FIFA subsidiary in 2007, established a compliance programme in 2010 to ensure that all international transfers of professional football players are conducted through TMS in accordance with the Regulations, and to control the integrity of club and association behaviour and data in TMS. Cases involving violations of the Regulations, in particular Annexes 2 and 3, are identified and investigated and, where applicable, are then forwarded to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for evaluation and decision. FIFA TMS monitors transfer activity using internally-developed market intelligence, external sources and information received from the FIFA Players’ Status & Governance and Disciplinary & Governance departments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Interesting..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Most importantly, does this mean 'Gladbach get to keep Ter Stegen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Most importantly, does this mean 'Gladbach get to keep Ter Stegen? Unless he was signed and loaned back to Gladbach in January then I think they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Thing is that they have plenty of quality and a decent enough youth system to be alright with no transfers for two windows...should have fined them big time monetarily as well, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Thing is that they have plenty of quality and a decent enough youth system to be alright with no transfers for two windows...should have fined them big time monetarily as well, imo. They could do with some decent defenders tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Unless he was signed and loaned back to Gladbach in January then I think they do. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver50032 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Unless he was signed and loaned back to Gladbach in January then I think they do. There you have it - Ronaldinho in a dress... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 With Valdes and Puyol leaving, Barca are going to really struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 not surprised. they are as dodgy a club as ive seen. tax issues, dodgy transfers, debateable referee decisions 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) I haven't read that text but won't they just do what Chelsea did with their Kakuta ban and pay whoever they stole from to avoid the ban? Edited April 2, 2014 by ArteSuave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 this seems more complex. their seems to be a few cases involved in this. Kakuta was just one player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Couldn't happen to a nicer club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Couldn't happen to a nicer club Came into the thread to say the same thing. F*** 'em. Will be hilarious when Valdes leaves, unable to improve that awful defense. Love it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Well gladbach are in a tight spot now. They already agreed a deal for yann sommer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 They'll probably loan him out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 could loan Sommer out for season he is still young, no harm having 2 good goalkeepers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Very little chance this'll stick following appeal. Bog fine and suspended ban pending improved behavior is my bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Good point about the loans, perhaps one of those two will end up at atletico if Chelsea keep courtois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Apparently it won't affect the ter Stegen or Halilovic deals as they have already been confirmed, rather just any new ones they may wish to make. Big blow if it holds as they desperately need a few new players in the summer, especially a centre-back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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