Barcelona will be unable to sign players until January 2016 once the current transfer window shuts, after world governing body Fifa rejected the club's appeal against a transfer ban, reports BBC Sport. The Spaniards were given the 14-month ban after being found to have breached rules on signing international players under the age of 18.
It was suspended after they appealed, allowing them to sign Luis Suarez.
Barcelona will now take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
The ban will start in the next transfer window, early next year, which means their summer acquisitions will be unaffected.
