Madrid: European champions Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have denied reports in the Spanish media that they could be banned from registering new players for a year due to irregularities in the signing of minors.

Spanish radio station Cadena SER reported on Wednesday that both clubs were set to be punished with a similar ban to that handed to Barcelona a year ago. "The cited information is completely false, as evidenced by the fact the Spanish Football Federation have denied to different media sources that Real Madrid are implicated in any irregularity in the signing of minors," Real Madrid said in a statement.