Barcelona received transfer ban after signing 10 players in 2014 - what happened to them?

Barcelona’s financial woes were exposed last summer in one of the most embarrassing periods in the club’s history.

The club’s debt reached more than £1 billion as they paid for the disastrous mismanagement of former president Josep Maria Bartomeu.

It led to sweeping changes at the Camp Nou, the biggest of which was Lionel Messi’s departure.

A new board came in and their investigation into the previous regime’s conduct was made more difficult by the fact that the old members deleted emails every 90 days.

Throw in accusations that money was paid to journalists and it’s all a bit shady, isn’t it?

Yet Barcelona are no strangers to controversy.

In 2014, the Catalan giants were hit with a transfer ban after they were ruled by FIFA to have breached transfer and registration rules regarding signing international players under the age of 18.

This is the ban that Barcelona skirted around to sign Luis Suarez, appealing it so that the punishment was enforced in 2015. But it was a 14-month ban that was handed down after they wrongfully registered 10 minors between 2009 and 2013.

The players were unable to train or play for the Blaugrana and had to join other clubs until they were 18. None of them ending up playing for Barca’s first team.

So what happened to them all? Let’s find out.

There was a lot of excitement in Barcelona’s academy when twinkle-toed winger Lee scored 39 goals in 29 games for their Infantil A squad, earning comparisons to a certain Lionel Messi.

The South Korean signed for Hellas Verona for €1.5m in 2017 but didn’t set Italy alight.

Now 24, he’s currently playing for Suwon FC in his home country.

Paik was at Barcelona for seven years before his departure in 2017.

He stayed in Spain, joining Girona, and made three