Real Madrid could face transfer ban like Barcelona as FIFA probe signings of two 12-year-old Venezuelans - The investigation focuses on the signings of two youngsters in 2012
- Real Madrid could receive a ban similar to that of Barcelona's
- The club will present Brazilian midfielder Lucas Silva on Monday
- La Liga giants confirmed a deal for Martin Odegaard just days ago
- Any ban would end hopes of signing David de Gea from Man United
Real Madrid could face the same transfer ban imposed on Barcelona after FIFA opened an investigation into their signing of under age players. The club will on Monday present Brazilian midfielder Lucas Silva just three days after making a huge financial commitment to sign 16-year-old Martin Odegaard.
And , according to AS, the suspicion in Spain is that the club are preparing for the worst after FIFA's merciless exclusion of Barcelona from the transfer market for the next 12 months - scuppering any potential Real move for Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.
The investigation into Madrid focuses on two 12-year-olds brought from Venezuela in 2012.
Manuel Godoy and Fernando Macias were on a tour of trials with big clubs but before they could reach River Plate and Milan,
Madrid snapped them up via an intermediary who has a soccer school in the Spanish capital.
The first was signed by Madrid in 2012 and the second of the two players signed aged 14 in 2013. He is currently in the youth system of Rayo Vallecano.
Madrid have a month to file all relevant paperwork to FIFA and demonstrate they have not contravened the governing body’s Article 14,
which only allows the signing of Under 18s from outside the EU if the player’s parents have had to move to the country where the club is based, for non-football reasons.
The rule is in place to prevent clubs relocating families from non-EU countries in order to sign a young player.
Barcelona appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport when they were hit by the transfer embargo for breaching rules on signing young players
but the FIFA sanction was upheld and they will not be able to sign any players in 2015. They were also fined 450,000 Swiss Francs (£293,000).
The players concerned were registered and turned out between 2009 and 2013.
While the appeal was pending, Barcelona signed Luis Suarez from Liverpool.
Real remain top of the table, one point better off than Barcelona with a game in hand, after Gareth Bale's late penalty sealed a 2-1 win over Cordoba on Saturday.
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