Bartomeu speaks about Real Madrid having their ban reduced

Bartomeu speaks about Real Madrid having their ban reduced

The Catalans endured a two-window ban but for similar offences Madrid’s has been shortened to one window

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu reacted to Real Madrid having their transfer ban halved.

The Catalans endured a two-window ban but for similar offences Madrid’s has been shortened to one window by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Bartomeu said in a press conference on Tuesday: “We will talk with our lawyers who were the same ones [which Madrid used] and find out what the differences in the two cases were.

“If everything was the same then the punishments should have been the same.”

Madrid were still unhappy despite the ban being reduced, saying they wished the CAS had the “courage” to have eradicated it entirely.

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