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Man City avoid transfer ban after CAS hearing

The Premier League champions had been facing the possibility of a two-window transfer embargo but they have been informed they are in the clear

Manchester City have been informed that they will not be hit with a transfer ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who ruled in the club's favour over an alleged irregular signing.

Argentine club Velez Sarsfield took both City and FIFA to CAS last summer after the world governing body had ruled that the Premier League side's signing of Benjamin Garre, then 16, was legal.

City could have been hit with a two-window transfer ban if found guilty but after months of waiting the club were informed on Tuesday that they are in the clear.