Adrien Silva's messy transfer to Leicester City has taken another hit after his appeal to be provisionally registered as a Foxes player was rejected.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport threw out the midfielder's case to be placed onto Leicester's books while he waits to be fully registered as a player for the club's first team, according to ESPN.
Silva's £22m transfer from Sporting missed the summer transfer deadline by a mere 14 seconds and, despite both parties' best efforts, FIFA have refused to sanction the deal until the January window.
The Portugal international, who has lost his place in his nation's senior squad as a result of his lack of playing time, had filed his own paperwork to put a personal appeal forward to CAS to at least be verified as a Leicester player.