FIFA lift Athletic Club transfer ban | OneFootball

La Liga outfit Athletic Club have on Friday been handed some altogether welcome news at board level.

This comes in the form of confirmation that the Basque outfit will in fact be permitted to register new players moving forward.

The situation at Athletic of course took its place front and centre in the Spanish media headlines over recent days.

As much comes after Los Leones were hit with a transfer ban on the part of FIFA.

Owing to what were described as ‘various infractions’ on the part of those in the boardroom at San Mamés, world football’s governing body informed Athletic Club that they would not be permitted to register any new signings until January of 2028.

As alluded to above, though, just days on, the ban has been lifted.

As per a report from El Chiringuito TV:

‘FIFA has confirmed to Athletic Club that it has met the requirement to be removed from the ‘blacklist’. It will disappear from it within 5 days.’

Conor Laird – GSFN