Leicester's appeal to register signing Adrien Silva turned down by FIFA
Craig Shakespeare hopes to use Leicester's hard-fought point at Bournemouth as a building block to gain momentum.
Leicester have had their appeal to register Adrien Silva rejected by FIFA.
Leicester and the Football Association had asked FIFA to ratify the midfielder's transfer after the paperwork for the £22 million deadline-day move from Sporting Lisbon was submitted 14 seconds late.
But it has been denied and the Portugal international will now not be registered to play for Leicester until January.
A FIFA spokesman said: "We can confirm the following decision of the Single Judge of the Players' Status Committee: the petition made by The Football Association for permission to request the International Transfer Certificate for the player Adrien Silva and subsequently register the player for its affiliated club, Leicester City FC, is rejected.''
FIFA withheld the International Transfer Certificate because the data input into its Transfer Matching System was received by the FA 14 seconds after the deadline.
Adrien Silva will not be registered to play for Leicester until January.
The FA was helping Leicester with the appeal, with the Foxes hopeful of a positive outcome, but that has now failed leaving Silva in limbo and unable to train with the squad.
Silva has also been left out of Portugal's squad for their final World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Switzerland this month, with his country still hopeful of reaching next summer's tournament in Russia.
Leicester made a late move for the 28-year-old after Danny Drinkwater's £35m move to Chelsea, and Sporting have said the transfer is complete.
But Silva will be unavailable to Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare until January with the Foxes 17th in the Premier League after just one win this season.
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