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Luis Suarez: Signed from Liverpool while transfer ban was suspended
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Barcelona will be unable to sign new players in the next two windows after a FIFA committee upheld their transfer ban.

The ban, suspended in April pending an appeal, was handed down after Barca were found guilty of breaching rules governing the international transfer of minors.

Barca fought their corner with FIFA's Appeals Committee but have been told the embargo stands.

And the ruling means there will be no new arrivals at the Nou Camp between this September and January 2016.

A FIFA statement read: "FC Barcelona is to serve a transfer ban which will see the club prevented from registering any players at both national and international level for two complete and consecutive transfer periods, starting with the next registration period (January 2015).

"Barcelona has also been ordered to pay a fine of 450,000 Swiss francs (£296,000) and been given a period of 90 days from today in which to regularise the situation of all minor players concerned."

Barca took advantage of the ban's temporary suspension to bring in several big-money signings this summer, most notably Luis Suarez.

The ruling means they can further add to their squad between now and the end of the current window.

The Spanish Football Federation, fined as part of the initial verdict, also had an appeal rejected.

fantastic news. its good to see foul playing getting its just reward

I would agree Suso, but this reaks of the same disproportionate punishment we got with Suarez.

Barca break a rule regarding signing U18s and get a ban for 2 windows in signing players...

Man City and PSG (amongst others) break FFP regulations and get a minor fine and a reduction in the CL...

Surely spending monumentally above your income is a higher crime, than signing too many young foreign players to go to a top academy?

very true. i think barca got their just reward but city and psg got off very lightly.

We couldn't get any more than 75 though

If bitegate 3.0 hadn't happened we'd have gotten 100+. But as it was, that was all we were going to get.

Why would Barca (or anyone else for that matter) have bid over his release clause?

Then it would all go to Chelsea, City, Bayern and PSG.

It is going to be interesting seeing how they cope with it though, it means the next market they can take part in will be January of next season, and everyone will know barca by that point will be desperate for a couple of signing.

Could either make them by bringing through the next gen of goof young players or break them if things go a bit wrong for them while not able to sign players.

I don't think they were even linked with him. Real was, but I still don't see it with James and Benzema