Champions League Winner Real Madrid Prepares For FIFA Transfer Ban

Real Madrid is "preparing for a FIFA transfer ban" and a report says this summer "could be as busy as 2009, when Kaka, Xabi Alonso and Cristiano Ronaldo joined," according to FOOTBALL ESPANA. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid both "face sanction for the signing of under-18s from outside Spain and if their appeals fail, a ban on signings in January 2017 and the following summer could be implemented." With that in mind Madrid is "looking at signing ‘quantity and quality’ this summer as they have to do the work of two summer transfer windows in one." A comparison is drawn to the summer of '09, when Real President Florentino Perez spent big on Kaka, Alonso and Ronaldo, the suggestion being that "a similar outlay will be required, though Madrid are now in a stronger position than seven years ago as Champions League winners" (FOOTBALL ESPANA, 6/8).