Barcelona vice president 'convinced' the club will still be able to sign players this summer as they appeal Fifa ban

The Spanish giants were hit with a transfer ban until the summer of 2015

Gordon Tynan
Tuesday 08 April 2014 17:17 BST
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Alen Halilovic (right) has agreed to join Barcelona from Dinamo Zagreb in the summer
Alen Halilovic (right) has agreed to join Barcelona from Dinamo Zagreb in the summer (Getty Images)

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Barcelona vice president, Manel Arroyo, says that he is "convinced" the club will still be able to sign players this summer, as they work on their appeal against the Fifa-imposed transfer ban.

The La Liga giants were hit with a transfer ban until the summer of 2015 for breaching Fifa's rules on the transfer of players aged under 18, but Arroyo said in a press conference that they were working on their appeal with the Spanish Football Federation, and planned to have a "normal summer".

"We're working on an appeal that will give us an interim suspension of the transfer ban," he said." "We want to have a normal summer. We're convinced that we will be able to sign new players.

"It's a significant ban and our legal team is working so that we'll be able to sign new players this summer."

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The transfer embargo will be suspended until the final decision is made, meaning the appeal should allow the already-agreed deals for the Borussia Monhengladbach goalkeeper Marc Andre ter Stergen, and Dinamo Zagreb's Alen Halilovic to go through.

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