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It's not in clubs' interest to undermine what Blatter calls the specificity of sport, particularly not the likes of Chelsea.
Great day for football if FIFA stick to their guns. Although they'll almost certainly reduce it to one transfer period on appeal.
Im sure Chelsea will pay the fine for him... they are gonna have lots of spare cash lying around anyway since they cant use it to sign any more players :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GalwayRed
fifa have to start somewere .. and were chelsea not in trouble with them not so long back with john obi makel did he not sign for utd and then change his mind and wanted to join chelsea .. chelsea had to pay utd a few million on this if i can remember... fifa have started process now so they will have to also punish any other clubs found guilty..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Every top club in europe are probably guilty at one time or another.Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
Interesting article on football365 about this. Basically makes the point that when people with the financial clout of Abramovich are running clubs, fines become irrelevant. However, this transfer embargo is something that will affect the club in a very real way.
Exactly. Fining a rich club like Chelsea 1 million would upset them but it doesn't have the same impact as a transfer embargo for 18 months. The docking of points is another method that would surely deter clubs from breaking FIFA rules. I hope their appeal is unsuccessful because it might mean Chelsea and the rest of the big boys treat smaller clubs with a bit more respect when it comes to stelaing their talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Chelsea must have done more than just make contact with the player e.g. "we're interested are you keen?". FIFA's statement hints at something a bit more underhand.......at a guess they probably outlined a financial package when he did jump ship from the off, offered him a house for his family and maybe even a job for his folks? I'm only speculating but it will be interesting to read the proper report.
i agree ... just that chelsea seem to have been more active in the last few years and more clubs complained to fifia .. obi makel / cashley cole / 2 young players from leeds and even tried it with eriksson when he was manager of england !! plus i also feel uefa / fifa , platini just want any excuse to hammer english clubs..:DQuote:
Originally Posted by rava
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Originally Posted by old git
Plus (ironically) Frank Arnesen from Tottenham
Does anyone else think this is part of Plantini's overall plan to cut down on the English's clubs domination in the Champions League? He is looking for votes for the smaller countries.
It depends on how much of a pragmatist and a politician he is. Mostly, he's seemed to make huge claims like that he'd make football non-contact or restore the CL to just the national champions, but he hasn't the capital to push anything through. Maybe he's trying to build it, but he's never shown signs of that before that I've noticed.Quote:
Originally Posted by L37Ultra
Unlikely, considering it's a FIFA sanction...Quote:
Originally Posted by L37Ultra
Peter Kenyon is stepping down:
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/Latest...798843,00.html
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have granted Chelsea's request to suspend their transfer ban.
Fifa ruled against Chelsea in August when they ruled the English club had induced teenager Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens.
As punishment for this, the world's governing body imposed a transfer ban on Chelsea and stated they could not register new players for two transfer windows.
This meant Chelsea would not be able to sign a new player until 2011 - but now The Blues have successfully lobbied CAS that their ban should be suspended until their full appeal against Fifa's decision is heard by the Swiss-based court.
That now means that Chelsea will be in a position to buy players in January, if they wish.
CAS also ruled that Gael Kakuta - who was banned from playing for four months - has also had his suspension 'stayed' making him available for selection.
The CAS statement read: "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted the request for a stay filed by Chelsea Football Club Ltd and Mr Gaël Kakuta in relation to the decision taken by the Fifa Dispute Resolution Chamber on 27 August 2009.
"The Fifa Dispute Resolution Chamber imposed, inter alia, a restriction of four months' ineligibility on Mr Gael Kakuta, and Chelsea Football Club Ltd was banned from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, for the next two complete, consecutive registration periods.
"Such sanctions are now stayed until the CAS renders its final decision in
this matter."