Chelsea’s Transfer Ban Stands as FIFA Rejects Appeal

Chelsea’s Transfer Ban Stands as FIFA Rejects Appeal

World football governing body, FIFA, on Wednesday, said they have upheld Chelsea’s one-year transfer ban.

The Premier League giants will however be able to register youth players during the period following an appeal.

Chelsea were fined 600,000 Swiss francs (453,404.9) and sanctioned in February in relation to 29 cases where regulations relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18 were breached.

“The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to partially uphold the appeal lodged by Chelsea FC against the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to sanction the club with a ban on registering new players at both national and international level for the next two complete and consecutive registration periods,” FIFA said in a statement.

“This ban applied to the club as a whole – with the exception of the women’s and futsal teams – and did not prevent the release of players.”

The FIFA Appeal Committee, however, decided the club can still sign players under the age of 16 as they concluded imposing a ban on registering each and every minor “would not be proportionate to the offence committed”.

Chelsea could now take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have the ban removed.