FIFA has dismissed an appeal against Kieran Trippier’s ban for breaching Football Association betting rules, but there is every chance he could be able to continue playing.

The 30-year-old Atletico Madrid and England full-back was hit with a 10-week suspension last month after advising a friend by text message to “lump on” his move to Madrid from Tottenham in 2019.

Atletico appealed against the suspension but football’s world governing body announced today that it had been dismissed.

“As a consequence, the decision of the Fifa disciplinary committee passed on December 23 2020 is confirmed, extending sanctions imposed on the player by the English FA to have worldwide effect,” a Fifa statement read.

It means that Trippier is due to miss Atletico’s next nine games in all competitions, including the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie against Chelsea, before being eligible to return to face rivals Real Madrid in La Liga on March 7.

But after the FA failed in its attempt to revise the dates of Trippier’s ban, he would be free to continue playing if Atletico now appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The FA had wanted to revise the effective dates of the ban, which ends on February 28, but its own independent regulatory commission dismissed the application.

Trippier was found guilty of four of the seven charges against him.

He featured in Atletico’s La Liga match against Sevilla on January 12.