The punishment for Diego Simeone’s charges was confirmed in a ruling released on Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, known by the initials TAS in French. 

How Laporte snub angered Man City

Supporters lined up to berate the institution on Twitter, aiming their ire at the handle @tas.

But the victim was not the court, but rather Tasuku Okawa, a journalist and chief of Goal’s Japanese edition! 

Beleaguered Tasuko was eventually forced to clarify he had nothing to do with the signing ban, given that he is based on a whole different continent that the real TAS, and he quickly became a new idol of the Atleti support.