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"Chelsea have been given a two-transfer window ban by FIFA for breaching rules around the transfer of minors."
Chelsea given two-window transfer ban | Free to sign players in January
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"Chelsea have been given a two-transfer window ban by FIFA for breaching rules around the transfer of minors."
Any news on that Stockport mob?
They're fecked. Hazard contract up next year.
Do they sell and not replace him for a season or hold on to him and lose him for free in 2020?
Do they sell and not replace him for a season or hold on to him and lose him for free in 2020?
Wow! At a time they need to spend.
Great news this
When does this take effect? Would they be able to appeal the ban and buy time to sign players?
Finally.
They will appeal, buy a feckload of players in the summer and the appeal will later be rejected.
I think that's what they will do, like Barca and Madrid did. Appeal and buy players.
Oh wow! FIFA making an example out of them by the looks of it.
Well that's Hazard staying with Chelsea into retirement now! Expect him to be the highest paid player on the planet by the end of the summer.
fecking hell....they're in massive trouble.
Hazard and Odoi contracts up next summer too.
They'll probably appeal to get the summer window to buy whatever they can. Others clubs have done it before.
Yea, I imagine they will appeal it through this summer. Otherwise it could be very interesting.
The will be allowed to buy players this coming window on appeal. The whole thing is pointless. They will have 90 days to appeal and by the time the whole process is done, the window will have closed. The are far from fecked.
Poor Hazard.
No way they won't be allowed to sign players this summer. Will be appealed and overruled I guess, still interesting to see what happens.
I think they'll definitely appeal, but given it's near end of Feb I don't think Fifa would let the appeal drag out until the summer transfer window opens.
If this is to mean anything they need to expedite any appeals process so that the ruling is final before the summer window opens.
At least some of the loan and youth players might get a chance.
Don't see this as much of a problem and could actually be beneficial in some ways. Club seen it coming... hence the Pulisic deal and loan back.
We have a massive squad, issues we have at the moment are tactical and if the club get rid of Sarri then what?
Don't see this as much of a problem and could actually be beneficial in some ways. Club seen it coming... hence the Pulisic deal and loan back.
We have a massive squad, issues we have at the moment are tactical and if the club get rid of Sarri then what?
What’s the big deal? Spurs have been doing this voluntarily
90 days to appeal, they could drag this out and not file the appeal until end of May. Have all the transfers go through on June 1st.
I thought rules were changed so teams couldn't do that anymore?
Same with Odoi?
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Also Higuain is only on loan, so if this ban stands they will not be able to sign him or a replacement?
Issues you have are you don’t have many goalscorers or creators besides Hazard. Tactics aren’t the only reason. Pedro and Willian will be the same under any other manager. They won’t create or score. From midfield, Barkley is the only one in his career who has shown he can get goals. Still need to wait and see about Higuain.
Transfer bans are pointless. Hit them where it hurts and dock them points.
That's mad.
Don't think FIFA can do that surely. Only our F.A./PL could do that.
29 players? Bet they forgot they had half of them.
Chelsea back to the beginning. Good news.
They'll appeal and get the ban pushed back so they can buy in the Summer.
The only thing is Abramovich seems a lot less interested these days, will he be willing to spend the £250-£300m they'll need to overhaul the squad and stock up on players?
The only thing is Abramovich seems a lot less interested these days, will he be willing to spend the £250-£300m they'll need to overhaul the squad and stock up on players?
No idea to be honest.
It's not real Madrid or Barcelona, so any appeal will be dealt with before the summer window opens
It's nicely developing into a bit of a crisis for Chelsea, it's nice to see.
That's more what I was thinking. It is OK if the ban is delayed, but as you queried, I am not sure he would want to spend that sort of money in one window. Think it would mean them having to sell as well and they might run out of time in one window.
Instead of a transfer ban FIFA should cancel all the contracts for the youth players concerned, then allow them free to join another club. Chelsea would be banned from re-signing them.
Hazard leaving in the summer, higuain only here for the remainder of the season. Can't buy proper replacements. Chelsea are fooked