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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FIFA rejected the appeal by Barcelona in regards to the protection of minors and breaching transfer regulations, the FIFA Disciplinary Appeals Committee announced.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barcelona will be barred from signing any players in 2015. FIFA said their signing of 10 players to their La Masia program broke the rules covering the protection of minors.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barcelona was originally punished in April but appealed the decision, allowing the club to spend nearly $240 million in transfers this offseason, including getting Uruguay striker Luis Suarez from Liverpool.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barcelona was also ordered to pay a fine of $494,000 and given 90 days to regularize the situation of all minor players concerned.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barcelona announced it will take its case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,&amp;nbsp;saying it will \u201Ccontinue defending its interests before the highest sporting authority.\"&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;Despite Louis van Gaal's intervention, Manchester United maintains woes&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FIFA said the Spanish Football Federation violated rules covering the registration of minors, and its appeal over its $565,500 fine was also rejected.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em &gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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