FIFA
today April 2nd banned Spanish football giants FC Barcelona from signing
players till summer 2015 over rules breach relating to the international
transfer and registration of players under 18.
According to reports, the club was investigated by FIFA for 12 months over
their youth recruitment policy. And after FIFA found out that the club had been
engaged in illegally recruiting and importing non-Spanish minors over a four
year period, the world football governing body handed out the transfer ban and also
fined the club £306,000. (450,000 Swiss francs.)