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Blues in shock transfer ban

Posted by Jane Okinedo on September 3, 2009 at 7:39am
CHELSEA have been banned from signing any players for the next TWO transfer windows.FIFA have found the Blues guilty of inducing French teenager Gael Kakuta to breach his contract with Lens in 2007.CHELSEA have vowed to mount the "strongest appeal possible" against their ban from signing players during the next two transfer windows.The Blues have been slapped with the sanctions by FIFA after French club Lens complained that teenage striker Gael Kakuta had been induced to break his contract and move to Stamford Bridge in 2007.But not suprisingly, the Londoners have announced they will fight the decision.A statement from the club read: "Chelsea will mount the strongest appeal possible following the decision of FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber over Gael Kakuta."The sanctions are without precedent to this level and totally disproportionate to the alleged offence and the financial penalty imposed."We cannot comment further until we receive the full written rationale for this extraordinarily arbitrary decision."
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