They will appeal and win. No way will they make this stick.
Chelsea banned from signing players
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The relevant rule:
4. In addition to the obligation to pay compensation, sporting sanctions
shall be imposed on any club found to be in breach of contract or found
to be inducing a breach of contract during the protected period. It shall
be presumed, unless established to the contrary, that any club signing a
professional who has terminated his contract without just cause has induced
that professional to commit a breach. The club shall be banned from registering
any new players, either nationally or internationally, for two registration
periods.
4. In addition to the obligation to pay compensation, sporting sanctions
shall be imposed on any club found to be in breach of contract or found
to be inducing a breach of contract during the protected period. It shall
be presumed, unless established to the contrary, that any club signing a
professional who has terminated his contract without just cause has induced
that professional to commit a breach. The club shall be banned from registering
any new players, either nationally or internationally, for two registration
periods.
Depends on the inducement I guess. I suspect this is far more than tapping up.
Well that is unexpected, and pleasing to hear.
Apparently they persuaded the player in question to breach his contract with Lens so that he would be released.
That is much worse than standard tapping up. The ban is thoroughly deserved.
That is much worse than standard tapping up. The ban is thoroughly deserved.
But yes, I agree with some of the above posts. They will appeal and have the length of time massively reduced.
If they don't i'll be hugely surprised but i think they're still going to be banned from the January window. Which could still cause them a problem with the African Nations cup.
No doubt Chelsea will be gutted they didn't bring more players in this summer now..
They have a suspended sentence hanging over them from the Ashley Cole affair, so that might go some way to explain why the punishment is so harsh.
This should hit them bad considering they've already an aging squad. In Jan 2011 Carvalho will be 32, Cashley 30, Lampard 32, Drogba 32, Anelka 31, Terry 30, Ballack 34, Joe Cole 29, Deco 33, Malouda 30, Ferreira 32 and Belletti 34. And many of them another year older before the summer window opens. It'll be a busy January for them.
That too. Will Essien, Drogba, Kalou and Mikel all go there?
Can we merge the threads?
There's not much in the other ones, is there?
Kakuta is very highly rated. Might end up worth the brief hassle.
There's no need. The other thread only has 3 posts in it.
I am stunned, absolutely stunned- we collude in getting a youth player under the table and then get banned from signing any professional player in 2010? I somewhat doubt Chelsea is the only side who has done this.
If any squad could cope with this it is us despite the aging nature of it, and the positive side of it is it will force Chelsea to focus on bringing our current generation of youth players through.
Either way, I'm sure Chelsea are speaking to the best lawyers on Earth right now, Bruck Buck himself is a leading partner in a big American firm in London so it isn't as if we are not well connected. If I were Chelsea right now, I would get the very best private investigators in the World and go after Platini and the FIFA executive directly because if they are free of any immoral dealings I would be absolutely amazed.
If any squad could cope with this it is us despite the aging nature of it, and the positive side of it is it will force Chelsea to focus on bringing our current generation of youth players through.
Either way, I'm sure Chelsea are speaking to the best lawyers on Earth right now, Bruck Buck himself is a leading partner in a big American firm in London so it isn't as if we are not well connected. If I were Chelsea right now, I would get the very best private investigators in the World and go after Platini and the FIFA executive directly because if they are free of any immoral dealings I would be absolutely amazed.
AC Milan 2.
Well about 5 minutes ago I saw three on this topic.
One was yours and I see you've told everyone to feck off into this one
Can they still sign players on loan?
the darlings of FIFA can never do any wrong in the eyes of their governing body
ffs, Milan got away with out-right cheating back in 06/07. Instead of getting regulated to Serie B like Juventus, they had points deducted from them...
I somehow doubt that hiring detectives to go after Platini is top of Chelsea's priorities right now.
All things considered, it seems a huge risk to take on a youngster who may or may not turn out to be special.
Well about 5 minutes ago I saw three on this topic.
One was yours and I see you've told everyone to feck off into this one
I thought you meant the other one which i think has been merged now anyway.
Is Evra involved?
Well if we cannot spend money on players we may as well spend it on investigators to drag Platini down- who believes he is totally clean?
This is FIFA, not UEFA.
You have to feel for the player a little, BBC are saying the lads been banned for 4 months as well! Still its quite funny because isnt there the ACoN this year? They'll lose 4 players and 2 of which are first teamers, so much for getting replacements in Jan
Still it does seem UEFA and FIFA are going about making examples of British clubs, i mean the diving case and now this... Whos next?!
Still it does seem UEFA and FIFA are going about making examples of British clubs, i mean the diving case and now this... Whos next?!
Come on, you're reacting badly to this news, 'drag Platini down', you sound silly.
My mistake, but does anyone believe Abramovich would not be considering retribution right now?
Platini will be sleeping with the fishes by midnight.
I'm all for taking down Platini, just go ahead.
But if he turns out to be a superstar then you've really hit the jackpot. You take a risk and sometimes it really works out.
Chelsea are fecked now - way too many old players and no way of signing players for the next two windows. PLUS the African Cup of Nations.
I'd be very concerned if I was a chav right now...
I'd be very concerned if I was a chav right now...
If this is upheld, Chelsea are fecked. Which is great news for us.
It's a bit bin-dipper-ish alright
Get your money on United winning the title in 2010/11.
They're not fecked. But i'm assuming they can still sell, so if a player kicks up a fuss and demands a move then they could be screwed.
City will have that one sewn up. They'll have bought Barcelona by then.
While we're at it, we might as well open up the entire can of worms that is football transfers, rather than just a crack. Then we can really see who the offenders are.