Leicester City Will Not Appeal FIFA's Decision To Reject Silva's Registration

Premier League side Leicester City will not appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA's "decision to reject Adrien Silva's registration," according to the BBC. FIFA made the ruling after paperwork on Silva's £22M ($28.9M) move from Portuguese club Sporting "was 14 seconds too late" on the Aug. 31 deadline day. Leicester City wanted to go to CAS but said, "Fifa will not support an expedited process." Silva can start playing for the club when January's transfer window opens. The club said that it has been forced "to reluctantly accept the single-judge ruling of Fifa's players' status committee without reasonable opportunity for independent arbitration that is timely enough to be effective" (BBC, 10/24).