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Atletico Madrid have confirmed that they have submitted a formal appeal to FIFA following the transfer ban that is set to prevent the club from registering any new players during the summer or next January.
Atletico, along with city rivals Real, were deemed guilty of illegal dealings with regard to underage foreign players and were hit with the same sanctions that Barcelona recently faced as a result.
The 2013/14 La Liga champions maintain that they have not broken any rules and have asked that the ban be suspended until the outcome of the appeal process. Depending on how long that takes it could yet allow them to conduct business at the end of season if the start of the ban is delayed.
A statement released on Monday evening read, "Club Atlético de Madrid has presented this Monday the appeal against the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee which sanctions us with the ban to register national or foreign players during the next two whole recruiting periods and with a fine of 900,000 Swiss francs (approximately 820,000 euros).
"The appeal is addressed to the Appeal Committee of the global governing body of football and it reflects that our club does not agree with the sanctioning resolution and, at the same time, we consider that we have acted within the law in all cases.
"In addition, it requests the probationary suspension of the sanction pending the outcome of the appeal."
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