Chelsea banned from signing players!
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Although FIFA and UEFA are so anti English its beyond belief, in these circumstances Chelsea can have no complaints about being punished. To sign a player who already has a professional contract at his club is unbelievable. It would have been different if he would only have been on a scholarship contract, as was the case when Arsenal took Fabregas from Barca. But Chelsea are in the wrong and must pay the penalty.
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the problem now for Chelsea is all their players have them over a barrel. if they leave they cant replace them. and this isn't a dig at Chelsea as a club, but a lot of those players have been shown to be quite mercenary when it comes to money, i think Chelsea may be in a lot of trouble if they cant get this overruled.
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Three for me, and two for them.
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after reading into it, its not a punishment for tapping up a p[layer, its for signing a player who was still under contract without his clubs consent. FIFA laws are quite clear that any club and player guilty of this get ban of two transfer periods for the club and a minimum 4 month ban for the player.
from the FIFA website.
"On the occasion of its last meeting held on 27 August 2009, the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) was called to pass a decision in a contractual dispute opposing the French club Lens to the French player Gael Kakuta and the English club Chelsea.
The French club had lodged a claim with FIFA seeking compensation for breach of contract from the player and requesting also sporting sanctions to be imposed on the player and the English club for breach of contract and inducement to breach of contract respectively.
The DRC found that the player had indeed breached a contract signed with the French club. Equally, the DRC deemed it to be established that the English club induced the player to such a breach.
As a result the player was condemned to pay compensation in the amount of �780,000, for which the club, Chelsea, are jointly and severally liable, and sporting sanctions were imposed on both the player and Chelsea in accordance with art. 17 par. 3 and 4 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players.
A restriction of four months on his eligibility to play in official matches has been imposed on Kakuta. Chelsea are banned from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, for the two next entire and consecutive registration periods following the notification of the present decision.
Furthermore, the club, Chelsea, have to pay Lens training compensation in the amount of �130,000. "
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Paragraghs three & four as mentioned.
3. In addition to the obligation to pay compensation, sporting
sanctions shall also be imposed on any player found to be in breach
of contract during the protected period. This sanction shall be a
four-month restriction on playing in offi cial matches. In the case
of aggravating circumstances, the restriction shall last six months.
In all cases, these sporting sanctions shall take effect from the start
of the following season at the new club. Unilateral breach without
just cause or sporting just cause after the protected period shall not
result in sporting sanctions. Disciplinary measures may, however,
be imposed outside the protected period for failure to give notice
of termination within 15 days of the last offi cial match of the
season (including national cups) of the club with which the player is
registered. The protected period starts again when, while renewing
the contract, the duration of the previous contract is extended.
IV. MAINTENANCE OF CONTRACTUAL STABILITY
BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS AND CLUBS
15
4.
In addition to the obligation to pay compensation, sportingsanctions 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.
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well that might be the funniest thing i've heard for a while.
their first team is all so old already...
their first team is all so old already...
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Lets hope Man City, Man U, Arse and Red sh*te are next. It'll stop them buying the title :-)
Its no longer a problem.
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Look over your shoulder Sir Alex !!!
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Lets hope Man City, Man U, Arse and Red sh*te are next. It'll stop them buying the title :-)
you can f@#k off if you think Arsenal have ever bought a title.
88-89 when they tapped up Nigel Winterburn! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
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Lets hope Man City, Man U, Arse and Red sh*te are next. It'll stop them buying the title :-)
you can f@#k off if you think Arsenal have ever bought a title.
88-89 when they tapped up Nigel Winterburn!
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Lets hope Man City, Man U, Arse and Red sh*te are next. It'll stop them buying the title :-)
you can f@#k off if you think Arsenal have ever bought a title.
88-89 when they tapped up Nigel Winterburn!
You did say 'ever'...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
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you could say we bought our titles in the early 30s 
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Lets hope Man City, Man U, Arse and Red sh*te are next. It'll stop them buying the title :-)
you can f@#k off if you think Arsenal have ever bought a title.
88-89 when they tapped up Nigel Winterburn!
your anti-arsenal bias is ridiculously over the top
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Lets hope Man City, Man U, Arse and Red sh*te are next. It'll stop them buying the title :-)
you can f@#k off if you think Arsenal have ever bought a title.
88-89 when they tapped up Nigel Winterburn!
your anti-arsenal bias is ridiculously over the top
Please, the Nigel Winterburn statement was a JOKE, and I do not have any ill feeling for Arsenal.
In fact, I cheered loudly when Michael Thomas buried that last minute goal at Arsenal 20 years ago.
So there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
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Although FIFA and UEFA are so anti English its beyond belief, in these circumstances Chelsea can have no complaints about being punished. To sign a player who already has a professional contract at his club is unbelievable. It would have been different if he would only have been on a scholarship contract, as was the case when Arsenal took Fabregas from Barca. But Chelsea are in the wrong and must pay the penalty.
Oh dear. 
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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this is another one of the football jokes tho, chelsea will now change there deals over the next 2 windows.They will just loan someone they want to buy with a clause to purchase at the end of the loan period(which will be once their ban has been lifted. radioman2009-09-04 15:38:08
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the problem now for Chelsea is all their players have them over a barrel. if they leave they cant replace them. and this isn't a dig at Chelsea as a club, but a lot of those players have been shown to be quite mercenary when it comes to money, i think Chelsea may be in a lot of trouble if they cant get this overruled.
I don't know what gives you that idea, you could say that about most players from all clubs if you are going to say that about Chelsea.
The only important players contracts expiring before 2011 are those of Alex, Ballack, Kalou, J Cole, Deco and Belletti. Most of which will resign and all of these players struggle to make our starting team so I see no change in current and future domination.
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clouds gathering around MUFC too
f***ing good job.
they also need a Euro law to stop age variations between nations
ie Spain (Barcelona-Fabergas) to England (Arsenal)
bring on the squad depth, salary cap, and book balancing
we see who buys their titles then Comrades.
f***ing good job.
they also need a Euro law to stop age variations between nations
ie Spain (Barcelona-Fabergas) to England (Arsenal)
bring on the squad depth, salary cap, and book balancing
we see who buys their titles then Comrades.
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
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although im an arsenal supporter so have benefitted from law differentiations resulting in the signings of fabregas and merida etc, i agree it is pretty unfair. If it was the other way round for example and we lost wilshere to barca or something like that, i'd be pretty p*ssed off.
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clouds gathering around MUFC too
f***ing good job.
they also need a Euro law to stop age variations between nations
ie Spain (Barcelona-Fabergas) to England (Arsenal)
bring on the squad depth, salary cap, and book balancing
we see who buys their titles then Comrades.
f***ing good job.
they also need a Euro law to stop age variations between nations
ie Spain (Barcelona-Fabergas) to England (Arsenal)
bring on the squad depth, salary cap, and book balancing
we see who buys their titles then Comrades.
I totally agree, even if Pogba proves to be a great player it is not in the spirit of the game.
Other things to make it fairer would be each league having collective bargaining for TV deals, and a similar tax, Spanish clubs are going to dominate transfer dealings with their 25% tax in the first 5 years of living in Spain.
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Lets hope Man City, Man U, Arse and Red sh*te are next. It'll stop them buying the title :-)
you can f@#k off if you think Liverpool will ever win a title...!
and before you say it I already know we have no show just can't turn down an opportunity to wind up a kopite 
giddyup2009-09-06 09:33:15
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Haha. I made that comment just for you...
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You know how this is going to end!! Chelski appeal, get a 30k fine, the player gets 1 month and then it will be business as usual.
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The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Been in thu U.K press today that United are now being investigated not just about the French youngster they signed but also two Italian youngsters from a serie B team, Roma exec Bruno Conti is pushing for UEFA to come down on them hard.
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You know how this is going to end!! Chelski appeal, get a 30k fine, the player gets 1 month and then it will be business as usual.
Is right.
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Lets hope Man City, Man U, Arse and Red sh*te are next. It'll stop them buying the title :-)
you can f@#k off if you think Arsenal have ever bought a title.
He bought some of the best players in the country at the time, including a record transfer fee for one of them, (name escapes me), not really any different from chelsea or Real or even Man Utd and to an extent Liverpool in there heyday, buying up the best and thus going on to win titles.
Were they not known as "the bank of England" or something simialr at the time? I'm not saying it's right or wrong but just like city are trying to do now, Chapman, with a brand new ground and a big checkbook did it back in the 20's
Genius though he was there was lots of claims of corruption leveled at Chapman not just at Arsenal but when he was at Leeds as well. Bribes, back-handers, and illegal payments to players (due to salary cap at the time), which Chapman escaped being banned from only by the skin of his teeth, (well he was banned but did a runner and then successfully appealed when the heat died down).
Much of the corruption can never be proved due to records being destroyed, apart from that he changed much of the game for the better.
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Someone name some players we've shelled out so much on? United doesn't go around spending 50 mill p in one transfer season.
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