2 hours ago, abramovich said:

 

Can we get it extended for a couple of more windows instead?

4 hours ago, abramovich said:

 

If 20 November is when they hear the appeal, when might we expect a decision?

Edited November 4, 20196 yr by Boston Blue

12 minutes ago, Boston Blue said:

If 20 November is when they hear the appeal, when might we expect a decision?

In other cases the parties have agreed that the decision be announced  before written reasons published .

A good example is the Real Madrid case.

They made an application for what’s called an “Expedited Procedure “ Their appeal was then heard by a sole arbitrator on the 14th December 2016. CAS notified all parties of its decision on 20/12/2016.

 

 

Anyone worrying that the ban will continue through January, don't.

Knowing that lot, now that they see Chelsea doing very well with youth players they'll be itching to reverse that ban, they might even give an extra 200m in compensation for the club to spend on players just see all this good work implode. ?

Then they'll slap a restriction on how many youth players are allowed to play per game. ?

So our appeal date was yesterday, when will we hear the outcome?

6 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

So our appeal date was yesterday, when will we hear the outcome?

Mid December according to the Daily Fail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7707271/Chelsea-hear-verdict-transfer-ban-appeal-CAS-mid-December.html

Friday the 13th maybe? 

So first half of December then.

Tbh I’m not even arsed if it gets uplifted or not, we have a great squad and it should be enough for this season. We’ve missed Rudiger, RLC and Kante a lot.

When they come back it will feel like such a big boost! And it’s January, who can we realistically sign really? Tbh I’d rather us not sign anyone! January window is usually second rate signings, and do we really need any? 

 

My bet is that we won’t have it uplifted. There’s too many players that we’ve supposedly illegally signed for us to be not guilty. 

5 hours ago, JM7 said:

My bet is that we won’t have it uplifted. There’s too many players that we’ve supposedly illegally signed for us to be not guilty. 

It's a farce anyway, it's all to do with politics and Roman Abramovich it's obvious, the sh*t City and PSG get away with these days, City have been having investigations for the last 10 years and sweet FA has happened to them. 

Barcelona were supposed to get a ban for the Neymar transfer and f**k all happened, they were still allowed to sign Turan and Vidal, and keep Song on loan. 

Rumours on Twitter that it HAS been lifted. But nothing official. 

1 hour ago, Slojo said:

It's a farce anyway, it's all to do with politics and Roman Abramovich it's obvious, the sh*t City and PSG get away with these days, City have been having investigations for the last 10 years and sweet FA has happened to them. 

Barcelona were supposed to get a ban for the Neymar transfer and f**k all happened, they were still allowed to sign Turan and Vidal, and keep Song on loan. 

They signed Turan but he could only train for six months.

We could have done the same if we wanted and the player agreed to it.

Edited December 5, 20196 yr by Argo

4 minutes ago, Argo said:

They signed Turan but he could only train for six months.

We could have done the same if we wanted and the player agreed to it.

So he was allowed to be registered in January? That's still very lenient. How many slap on the wrists do City get these days. 

24 minutes ago, Slojo said:

So he was allowed to be registered in January? That's still very lenient. How many slap on the wrists do City get these days. 

Think Barca were banned in the calendar year 2015 but not 100% sure.

Can we sign players again from February if the ban is upheld? I was led to believe that's the case.

Edited December 5, 20196 yr by the special one

1 minute ago, the special one said:

Can we sign players again from February if the ban is upheld? I was led to believe that's the case.

Grealish can wait.

27 minutes ago, Argo said:

Think Barca were banned in the calendar year 2015 but not 100% sure.

Yes. Both winter and summer transfer windows.

11 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

Grealish can wait.

I was thinking more along the lines of Sancho - it wouldn't surprise me if we sign him before the summer window opens.

Edited December 5, 20196 yr by the special one

I could have sworn I saw a SkySports tweet this morning with breaking news that said CAS had upheld the ban.  Now there is no tweet from them at all regarding the ban from today.  Now there are all kinds of unsubstantiated stories claiming that the ban will be reduced.  Proving, everyone wants to be first with the news, but no one really knows what is going on.

Edited December 5, 20196 yr by Boston Blue

54 minutes ago, Boston Blue said:

I could have sworn I saw a SkySports tweet this morning with breaking news that said CAS had upheld the ban.  Now there is no tweet from them at all regarding the ban from today.  Now there are all kinds of unsubstantiated stories claiming that the ban will be reduced.  Proving, everyone wants to be first with the news, but no one really knows what is going on.

I think people go too far the other way these days, people are so convinced everyone is lying/guessing including one's that have historically credible sources.

Many things get leaked in advance and turn out to be spot on (for example David Martin coming in for West Ham at Stamford Bridge), there was also numerous spreads in papers detailing how Lampard was going to run Chelsea which were all pretty much on the money.

I have a friend who's a journalist and according to him any piece with 'a source within the club' in it is often information given by the man who the main topic of the article in question.

Edited December 5, 20196 yr by Argo

23 minutes ago, Argo said:

I think people go too far the other way these days, people are so convinced everyone is lying/guessing including one's that have historically credible sources.

Many things get leaked in advance and turn out to be spot on (for example David Martin coming in for West Ham at Stamford Bridge), there was also numerous spreads in papers detailing how Lampard was going to run Chelsea which were all pretty much on the money.

I have a friend who's a journalist and according to him any piece with 'a source within the club' in it is often information given by the man who the main topic of the article in question.

I questioned one of these "insiders" on Twitter earlier today.  His post said his sources inside the club said no decision has been received from CAS and we shouldn't believe anything we read.  I pointed out how ironic it was that we should believe a tweet from him when he's pointing out that we shouldn't believe everything we read.  

So it's official - the ban has been cut in half - Most Chelsea fans are like this atm

 

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/12/06/chelsea-football-club-statement-on-appeal-verdict

Excellent statement from the club. We probably have to wait for FIFA's response... A couple of years.

21 minutes ago, evissy said:

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/12/06/chelsea-football-club-statement-on-appeal-verdict

Excellent statement from the club. We probably have to wait for FIFA's response... A couple of years.

Yes. Great statement that highlights the corrupt and vindictive nature of football's governing body. This is the second time they have been found to have treated us unfairly. 

It's interesting that, now the majority of their findings have been thrown out, there is no longer the discrepancy on the number and scale of our alleged transgressions between us and Man City. It was this discrepancy that was the basis of FIFa letting City off with a warning.