Well thats stupid. What if they win the appeal? Then they would have been out of a window for no fault of theirs. The rule should be that you appeal but if you lose the fine extends to two years
Chelsea given two-window transfer ban | Free to sign players in January
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Transfer ban while having an average squad. Plus Hazard leaving this summer or on a free next season. Beautiful 
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Chelsea get away with too much stick because of how poisonous both PSG and City are. Chelsea are the EXACT same. They would be fighting mid to lower table had they not been taken over. So with that said, feck them.
.Chelsea get away with too much stick because of how poisonous both PSG and City are. Chelsea are the EXACT same. They would be fighting mid to lower table had they not been taken over. So with that said, feck them.
@Damien always way too thorough man. But always super appreciated
My word.
Looking at the contract situations on some of their players, no striker other than Morata and Hazard possibly leaving, it could be a very tough 15 months for Chelsea fans.
Looking at the contract situations on some of their players, no striker other than Morata and Hazard possibly leaving, it could be a very tough 15 months for Chelsea fans.
Tbf to Chelsea, they were a top 4 team when they were taken over. Back in the day the top wasn't as fixed as it was now, you had United and Arsenal guaranteed top 2 but the rest were just whoever happened to be the best of the rest. Arsenal might have been title contenders for longer, but I think Chelsea still would have been competing with Liverpool, Spurs for top 4. Moreover, the increased money coming into the Premier League and Champions League would have helped Chelsea maintain top 4 more or less every season. Chelsea did have some financial issues under Ken Bates ownership so possibly they could have done a Leeds United but I don't think there were irresponsible with their spending at the time.Transfer ban while having an average squad. Plus Hazard leaving this summer or on a free next season. Beautiful
Chelsea get away with too much stick because of how poisonous both PSG and City are. Chelsea are the EXACT same. They would be fighting mid to lower table had they not been taken over. So with that said, feck them.
In any case, I've found their rise to superpower less sinister than City's because they were actually a decent team who were taken to the next level. Moreover, the rules were not in place to stop them at the time from spending more than they earned. City and PSG have clearly got around this through various nefarious measures.
I think it's more of a case of the Spanish clubs were test cases so they had to suspend the ban incase the clubs won the case as CAS. Now FIFA are 100% sure they will win the case so there is no need to delay the ban.
I believe they have an option to extend Giroud by a year.
They probably paid for the investigation.
Wth
Not seen anything on transfermarkt and they're usually good with displaying any options on there - like with our players. The article mentioning his signing doesn't refer to an option either.
Their version of our Lee Grant (except Grant has actually played for us). They've got six goalkeepers out on loan so needed to bring someone in as third choice.Wth
I thought Higuain was on an 18 month long loan? If he has to go back at the end of the season then surely Morata will have to return? Or is it Morata that's on an 18 month loan?
Thought Rob Green had retired.
Higuain's loan is until the end of the season but there's an option to either buy him for €36M or extend the loan deal for another 12 months for €18M.
Morata is at Atletico on an 18 month loan with option to buy. If Giroud leaves then Chelsea are pretty much screwed in terms of striker options.
I wonder if them extending that loan deal wouldn't count as a new player registration?
Chelsea were the 'City" of the 2000s. I can only hope the current Man City (and PSG) get a ban too.
I'd imagine so, they knew in January that there was a chance of the transfer ban being put in place, hence signing Pulisic and loaning him back rather than simply agreeing to sign him on a specific date like Liverpool did with Keita.
Tammy Abraham praying that the ban holds!
I forgot that he existed. He's done well at Villa.
Batman and Tammy as forwards next season? Can't be worse than Morata/Higuain and Giroud have been this season.
Well said. Man City and PSG are Chelsea but on steroids.Transfer ban while having an average squad. Plus Hazard leaving this summer or on a free next season. Beautiful
Chelsea get away with too much stick because of how poisonous both PSG and City are. Chelsea are the EXACT same. They would be fighting mid to lower table had they not been taken over. So with that said, feck them.
Feck Chelsea and feck their racist, right wing fans. Feck their terrible Chelsea chant as well. And feck their Union Jack (what is that about by the way? Rangers do it as well) and feck the nationalist bollocks.
Horrible club.
All very true and the same point I made to someone recently trying to compare Citys nonsense to Chelsea.
That being said I dont think Chelsea would have had the amount of success they had but they were at least top 4 at the time.
Yep. He does still exist.Wth
we had never finished below 6th since about 1996 prior to Roman; so the lazy argument that we were awful before Roman is not quite true, i mean we were in the CL.
Your point is correct
Re. City and us, I have always argued we were a decent side with good foundations, City were literally a lottery win
Early 90s granted. We were a little poor
Literally not true. We didnt go from a lower table side to champs under Roman, we were top 5-6 quite often before him, we were even in CLTransfer ban while having an average squad. Plus Hazard leaving this summer or on a free next season. Beautiful
Chelsea get away with too much stick because of how poisonous both PSG and City are. Chelsea are the EXACT same. They would be fighting mid to lower table had they not been taken over. So with that said, feck them.
April 11th our hearing is. IF we lose that CAS will then step in, and that is where, as said before, I am sure our ban gets revoked for the summer
They should be forced to keep Piguain imo.
I think Giroud has a 12 month option we can trigger in his contract. If true, we'd have to be out of our minds not to do that if / when the ban holds. I think we're waiting for the appeal to be held before taking the option or not. Fairly certain Giroud wants to stay and would then go back to France the year after.
If Roman hadn't bought you would have gone into administration.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/oct/17/newsstory.sport9
That article certainly does not back up your statement.
If there was no Roman takeover we would have probably had to sell Terry and Lampard and stop paying huge wages. Administration was not close at all.
Ofcourse it was. Selling Terry and Lampard were the short term solution, it's not like you could just flip a button and instantly stop paying huge wages.
If you don't have players on huge wages you don't have to pay huge wages. We would have plummeted down the table for sure but administration was not going to happen unless the spending and bit wages continued for a few more years
Also, if not Roman, someone else would've bought the club and steadied the ship before they started selling the furniture.
Does not really matter now though.
The option to sell Terry and Lampard wasn't down to their wages, it was due to the fact that they were the only players you'd get decent fees for.
There's a short list of wealthy people willing to buy a football club to scrap the furniture, hardly a suitable way to make money.
Obviously doesn't matter now, but I'm not sure why we're pretending that Chelsea weren't up shits creek when they won the jackpot in terms of a certain Russian. Pure luck, same with Manchester City and Abu Dhabi.
I've certainly not said that Roman taking over was not incredibly lucky, what exactly is wrong with winning the lottery anyway?
People say that shit like it's an insult. "You didn't earn it". Well, I'm a fan and so are you. Neither of us earned a thing in terms of the club we support winning things (unless you work for Man United, in which case well done!).
I haven't claimed that you've said it wasn't lucky, nor that it's not allowed to be lucky, it was simply pointed out.
That you for pointing it out but I think most people are aware.
I just saw the bit in bold. Selective eyesight?
I remember Chelsea and City being quite similar in the 80s, both a bit of a mess fighting it out in Div 2 before we both got promoted (I've still got the old season review VHSs somewhere). We (City) initially did ok once we got up, but then it all fell apart in the Peter Reid/Alan Ball era. I remember early/mid 90s Matthew Harding pumping what seemed like loads of money (at the time) into Chelsea before he died. What role did his cash play in helping Chelsea get to the position where you were regularly doing well in cup comps and then finishing in top 4 (which then attracted Roman to buy you)?
This is a genuine question, I'm not having a go at all, I've just never seen good info on this.
Rubbish. Take the blinkers off.
I don't remember any reports at the time that we were close to going into administration, not one.
If can link one then I'll gladly take a look but this seems to be one of those things that started (in reality) as "Chelsea need to consider their signings and wage bill or they could be fecked" and over the years has morphed into "Chelsea were close to going under".
If we were days or weeks from disaster then it makes Roman's take-over a better story as a Chelsea fan. I just don't remember it being that way.
You’re my favourite oppo fan here and been here a lot longer than me by the looks of things so not looking for a fight.
I simply thought it was common knowledge Chelsea were in financial dire straits and Roman saved the day?
I remember reading about it when the takeover happened.