FIFA to investigate Real Madrid for transfer rule violation

Madrid, Jan 26 (IANS) Real Madrid could face the same transfer ban imposed on Barcelona after FIFA opened an investigation into their signings of under-age players. The suspicion in Spain is that the club is preparing for the worst after FIFA’s exclusion of Barcelona from the transfer market for the next 12 months, reported futbol.as.com Monday. Manuel Godoy and Fernando Macias were on a tour of trials with big clubs but before they could reach River Plate and Milan, Madrid snapped them up via an intermediary who has a soccer school in the Spanish capital.