Pedro Lopez Jimenez, vice president of Real Madrid, has denied filing a complaint against Barcelona to trigger an investigation by FIFA.

Barça president Josep Bartomeu revealed on Thursday that FIFA opened an investigation into the Catalans' transfer policy for youth players after an "anonymous complaint" from an "unnamed club", fueling speculation that Real Madrid were somehow involved in the sanction.

"Neither Real Madrid, nor myself as a member of FIFA, have anything to do with the sanction that's been handed to Barcelona," Jimenez told AS.

"My membership of the Players' Status Committee is unrelated to Florentino Perez and Madrid. My appointment was a proposal of the European Club Association (ECA), of which Barcelona are a member, too."