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Chelsea also have 6,789 players out on loan who they can call back and one of the best youth systems in the country. Think it might even be a positive for them if this happened.
However, if it begins in January and they are still made to serve 2 bans, Hazard could be sold.I can't see them escaping the ban, only delaying it. If Sarri stays their squad needs a lot of work to get him the players he needs for his system. If he goes then a new manager is going to want to bring players in. Fingers crossed that their appeal is handled swiftly and rejected so the ban can begin this summer.
The FA also received a fineIt wasn't just FIFA dropping the hammer on them. The FA did too. Everybody seems fed up with them gobbling up youth talent, loaning it out, not playing it and ruining careers.
I don't think what happened with Barca is applicable here. I really think there is a decent chance their appeal is denied.
Rich teams break rules, Barca, Real, Chelsea, City, PSG - when you have money you can do whatever the fuck you want.
The fact that they’ll appeal and have the summer window while the appeal is pending renders this fairly moot imo.
A club of their means can go all out in the summer window in preparation for the following two being closed.
They need more than one window to solve their transfer issues, They can't spend gigantic amounts otherwise will face further FFP issues, plus clubs know they'll be desperate so that adds a premium, plus the players who they target will know that the club is facing a transfer ban putting them in a period of uncertainty. It isn't as great as an instant ban but lets put it this way, I don't see their squad catching up with ours this summer.
There really should be a points deduction (or likewise) in place for stuff like this. As you say, fines don't deter these clubs and they always find a way around it. Start to hit them where it really hurts, start to show them that fair play rules are in place for just that.Rich teams break rules, Barca, Real, Chelsea, City, PSG - when you have money you can do whatever the fuck you want.
Meh. They'll appeal, the ban will be overturned and they'll have to pay a 20p fine instead.
I'll be stunned if this is actually upheld.
They were investigated over 92 transfer deals and found guilty over 29 of them.
That's not just bending the rules, that's a deliberate smashing of them.
Piss myself if FIFA throw the appeal out and stick another transfer window extra on it...
Here is Article 19 itself. What they've done, time after time after time, is simply unacceptable
http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-fifa/story/2786732/fifa-transfer-regulations-article-19
I suspect it is 2a that they have repeatedly broken.
Chelsea also have 6,789 players out on loan who they can call back and one of the best youth systems in the country. Think it might even be a positive for them if this happened.