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'If Real and Atletico have committed same
offences as Barca, they should be punished'

• The Swiss official, who is currently suspended
  from all football activities, confirmed that the
  two clubs in the Spanish capital have been
  investigated for transfer misdeeds
• Director FIFA Sepp Blatter has confirmed that
  Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have been
  investigated for the same transfer irregularities
  which led to Barcelona's ban from the market.

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• The European champions were barred from signing
  players for two transfer windows after breaking
  rules concerning the purchase of players under
  the age of 18.
• And now Blatter, who is currently suspended from
  his role, has called for the two clubs in the
  Spanish capital to face the same punishment if
  they are found guilty.
• "The FIFA Disciplinary Committee did indeed open
  similar files on Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid
  for the same infractions committed by Barcelona,"
  Blatter told Mundo Deportivo.

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• "I know they are now closed, but I do not know
  what the sanctions are because they are
  independent committees and at the moment I cannot
  even enter FIFA, I am suspended.
• "If Barca were sanctioned for breaking FIFA
  regulations and the two Madrid clubs have
  committed identical misdeeds, normally they
  should be sanctioned in the same way."
• Blatter suggested that the heavy penalty received
  by Barcelona could be related to the
  confrontational manner in which they disputed
  their case.

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• "Barca might have got it wrong in going to war
  against FIFA after seriously infringing the
  rules," he said (Betting303). "It might have been
  better to try and seek an agreement, that always
  works better in football.
• Barcelona's current ban ends in time for the
  January transfer window, when they will finally
  be cleared to register summer signings Arda Turan
  and Aleix Vidal.