MADRID, Jan 31, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A Spanish court on Friday granted La Liga strugglers Getafe a potential lifeline by partially accepting their appeal against a ban on registering new players for a salary cap breach. The move cleared financial space for Getafe to register players but La Liga was unhappy with the way the club valued Uche and slashed Getafe's salary limit. Getafe challenged the rulings, by La Liga and the Spanish football federation (RFEF), calling them "an abuse of dominant position" under EU competition law. A Madrid commercial court partially accepted Getafe's request and "orders that the registration window for Getafe remain open until La Liga and the RFEF can formally object". La Liga said in a statement that it had "the fullest respect for judicial rulings" but expressed "its disagreement" with the provisional measure.
