Chelsea were banned by Fifa for two transfer windows from signing new players after they were found guilty of illegally luring French teenager Gael Kakuta from Lens in 2007. The ban would mean that could not sign players for the whole of 2010 – being banned from the January and August transfer windows.
Now, in an attempt to escape the ban, Chelsea have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), wanting the transfer ban suspended until a decision on their appeal has been made.
For some reason appeals take an inordinate length of time to be heard (why?) which is part of the Chelsea delaying strategy.
"A decision concerning the request (to suspend the ban) is likely to be issued at the beginning of November," said a statement on the Cas website.
If Cas agrees to the suspension, Chelsea will be free to sign players in January 2010.
It is my forecast that Chelsea will never serve any part of this transfer ban, despite precedents being set for other clubs who have broken the rules in just the same way.
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pls i would like to know when chelsea is free frm the transfer ban and whether they can sign in jan 2010 chukwuebukacordlin@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteHello chukwuebuka,
ReplyDeleteYes, Chelsea's transfer ban has been suspended, which means that they can sign players in the Jan 2010 transfer window.
The ban may then come into force in August 2010 through Jan 2011.