A transfer ban reduction that will be sure to put a smile on Zinedine Zidane's face as well as the Real Madrid fans. Los Blancos and their neighbours Atletico were facing a transfer ban for up to two sessions due to the irregular registration of youth players. However the club will simply be unable to sign in the January window and will be ok to carry on their transfer plans in the summer, here is the announcement from the club's official site: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has today informed Real Madrid C. F. of their decision by which they have partially upheld the appeal lodged by the club against the FIFA resolution which imposed a sanction forbidding the signing of players for two transfer windows, reducing said sanction to just one period, corresponding to the January 2017 transfer window.
The decision highlights the injustice of the original ban imposed by FIFA, although the club regrets that the CAS lacked the courage to revoke the ruling entirely.
