Adrien Silva: 'FIFA decision over Leicester City transfer was not correct'

Leicester City midfielder Adrien Silva has said that FIFA's decision to temporarily stop him from playing was "not correct".

The Portuguese international signed for the Foxes 14 seconds after the transfer window closed last summer, leading the sport's governing body to prevent him from finalising the move until January, when he was also temporarily blocked from training with the side.

Silva, who has established himself in the Leicester side after finally securing a £22m move to the King Power Stadium, told The Guardian that he will "never understand" FIFA's move.

"I had some injuries in my career but then you know why you don't play and that's part of football, so you can accept it," the 29-year-old said. "But this situation wasn't correct. It wasn't correct because I was able to play physically and I didn't do anything wrong to make this situation.

"I will never understand the decision of FIFA – even after Leicester had tried everything to change it. There is no protection for the players in this situation.

"The players are the most important, so why don't [FIFA] think about that and make some exception? OK, if it is so many hours [after the deadline], but we're talking about seconds here. So I think it was a very poor decision."

Silva could play a part in his side's FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea on Sunday.