Real want duo cleared for Europe

[dandyman]

Real Madrid have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) to allow Lassana Diarra and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar play in the Champions League.

 

The Spanish side meet Liverpool in the last 16 and Uefa rules say clubs can add three players to their squad for the knockout stages of the competition.

 

But both Diarra (Portsmouth) and Huntelaar (Ajax) have played in the Uefa Cup already this season.

 

And only one player can play in another European event in the same season.

 

Uefa turned down Real's appeal for the two players to be added to the list last week.

 

A statement from Cas said: "Real Madrid requests that the Uefa decision be annulled and that Uefa be ordered to register Huntelaar and Diarra."

 

Real face Liverpool

 

They really are a bunch of bandits aren't they.

I know, lets make a monumental fuck up signing players who can't play for us, and then we'll sue the ass of everyone we can until we get our own way.

 

Hope to god this gets thrown out and then we batter them Home and Away

[Anubis]

I doubt CAS will intervene with UEFA's decision. It'll be pointed out to Madrid that they were perfectly aware of the rules when they entered the contest.

[Xherdan]

Chancing their arm.

[aws]

they're expecting to lose so they can play the "everyone's against us " card, get the team wound up and fight their way to a draw at anfield.

[ratcatcher]

I doubt CAS will intervene with UEFA's decision. It'll be pointed out to Madrid that they were perfectly aware of the rules when they entered the contest.

 

One would hope so. However CAS could well intervene if Real have someone in the court's ear.