ATLETICO MADRID have lost an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a transfer ban imposed by FIFA.
According to reports gathered online they cannot register players until January 2018.
Recall that Diego Simeone's side, and rivals Zinedane Zidane side were banned from signing players for two transfer windows for breaching the rules over the transfer of foreign players under the age of 18.
After losing their appeal to FIFA, Atletico served the first window of their ban in January 2017, having agreed to waive their right to suspend a FIFA transfer ban while they appealed the sanction to CAS.
But CAS' ruling, that Atletico strongly disagree with, means they are unable to add new players prior to the 2017/18 season and will now serve the second window of their ban.
"CAS has dismissed the appeal presented by Atletico de Madrid against the penalty imposed by FIFA's Disciplinary Committee on the case of registering players under age and that was ratified by FIFA's Appeal Committee, reducing the financial penalty, but maintaining the prohibition of registering licenses in the next transfer market period," Atletico said in a statement on Thursday.
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