Manchester City have avoided a transfer ban after FIFA found the Premier League club guilty of falling foul of regulations regarding the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.
Instead, football's governing body has fined the Qatari-owned side CHF 370,000 (£315,000/$380,000), which may come as a surprise to some after Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea were banned from signing new players as punishment for similar offences.
City have no such complications to deal with, however, with a statement on FIFA's official website stating: “The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned English club Manchester City FC for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.