teenager Ben Lederman has returned to Barcelona's academy following a FIFA ruling that banished him from the club. Lederman signed a new deal with the club and will play for its Juvenil B side once the necessary paperwork is completed. Now 16, Lederman was forced to leave Barcelona in 2014 after FIFA found the club in violation of Article 19 of its Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players , which prohibits the signing of players under 18 outside of their home country. There are three exceptions to the rule, according to FIFA's bylaws: If a player's parents move to that country for reasons outside of his soccer career; if it's a transfer between two teams that are in European Union nations and the player is between 16 and 18; and "the player lives no further than 50 kilometers from a national border and the club with which the player wishes to be registered in the neighboring association is also within 50 kilometers of that border." Ledermandid not satisfy any of those, so he joined the IMG Academy U.S. residency program in Bradenton, Florida, following Read Full Report the FIFA sanctions, which involved 10 Barcelona youth players and cost the club 450,000 Swiss francs in addition to a year-long transfer ban. Christian Pulisic signs extension with Borussia Dortmund through 2020 Lederman, according to ESPN FC , received a Polish passport in the fall, which paved the way for his return to Barcelona once the new player registration window opened this winter. Barcelona confirmed that Lederman is now a naturalized citizen of the European Union in its statement on Monday, though it did not specify which nation. Ledermanfirst joined Barcelona's famed La Masia academy as an 11-year-old, with his family moving from California to Spain as he looked to make it at the academy that produced the likes of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique, Xavi, Carles Puyol and a host of other Barcelona stalwarts over the years. Now he'll have the chance to re-ignite the quest to become the first American to play for helpful post the perennial European visit the site powerhouse. Tags
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Momentum, the activist organisation set up to cheerlead for Mr Corbyn, has become riven by poisonous schisms between different factions of leftists. Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite and Mr Corbyns most pivotal supporter in the union movement, is facing a serious challenge for his position thanks for this from Gerard Coyne. As for the attempt to stage a new year relaunch of Mr Corbyn, even his best friends can distinguish between that and a resounding success. It is perhaps most significant that his inner circle appear to have abandoned their plans, at least for the moment, to try to strengthen their power within the party. Last autumn, they said there was going to be a special session of the partys national executive committee, a democracy day. The idea was that this would pave the way for changes to the partys rules that would strengthen the power of the Corbynistas within Labour. This plan has been quietly dropped. The special NEC meeting has never been convened, presumably because they arent sure they can command the votes to get the changes they want. Developments at a constituency level have also been more encouraging for the moderates. As I reported to you before Christmas, non-Corbynites have been prevailing at annual general meetings of local parties by securing key posts in constituencies. This matters, not least because this is the first line of defence against attempts to deselect MPs.
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