For Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid banned from signing players for 2 windows for

[John Arne]

For signing young players on the dodge.

Excellent :)

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/14/real-madrid-and-atletico-madrid-banned-from-signing-players-for-two-transfer-windows

[John Arne]

Fuck. Can a modmin add the word 'for' to the title.

[Magic]

Oh hoorah! Another ban on clubs not being allowed to sign players but actually do sign players so much so they break their own record transfer fees.

[Jeet]

DeGea must be pissed off now.

[simon]

That's three thread titles you've botched now, JA.

This would be interesting if they were actually banned from signing people. But they'll just sign everyone as usual and then register them once the ban is up, as Barcelona did. Which strikes me as destroying the whole point, but whatever.

[John Arne]

That's three thread titles you've botched now, JA.


I'm all over the fucking place. Either that or Jimmy is changing them all to make me look daft.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm not even a mod these days, let alone being arsed messing around with thread titles.

[Disco]

So this is another ban with zero actual effect. What was the point exactly?

[Reg]

It will have at least a little effect. Turan and Vidal accepted not playing matches for a few months but that doesn't mean every player will.

[Disco]

They should just cancel the transfer/signing of any players where the rules were broken. That way it might actually be a deterrent.

[Reg]

Definitely, it's a fairly gutless punishment, as well as a bit weird.

[Smiffy]

They should just cancel the transfer/signing of any players where the rules were broken. That way it might actually be a deterrent.

That would assume the players were entirely oblivious....some bold suggestion at that.

[Disco]

That would assume the players were entirely oblivious....some bold suggestion at that.

Not at all, I would say it's as much a punishment for the players as for the club.

[Smiffy]

Not at all, I would say it's as much a punishment for the players as for the club.

I'm probably being simple but the clubs get banned from signing players, the players get punished how? By being free to sign for a new club?

[Disco]

By having their contract cancelled and not being able to play for the club they, presumably, wanted to play for.

[Browning]

Won't they just sign De Gea and whoever else now rather than waiting.

[Baz]

Thread title made me laugh.