Chelsea Season 2009/2010

[Bully]

seems that hunt from hull isnt a crowd favourtie at the bridge being he was involved in the clash with cech a few years ago

[Il Duce]

seems that hunt from hull isnt a crowd favourtie at the bridge being he was involved in the clash with cech a few years ago

He isnt, was worse when the video evidence showed he could of pulled out of the takle with cech but didnt.

[The Jack]

But he wasn't to know that Cech has a paper thin skull! Like a lot of things, Chelsea fans need to get over it!

[Il Duce]

Yeah total right as if kicking someone full forced in the skull wouldnt knock them out

[Il Duce]

Very dominate game against Sunderland I think they only had something like 35% of the possesion, they we fortunate to get the goal and it was there only chance really, wonderfull passing game, if the finishing had been better all game could and should of won by more but 3-1 will do

[devilsadvocate]

should of won by more but 3-1 will do

Not to keep you top it wont!! (Sorry mate, have to gloat, as I can't recall the last time Spurs were top!!! Maybe '61 )


D Bizzle loves scoring against Chavski doesn't he!

[Il Duce]

should of won by more but 3-1 will do

Not to keep you top it wont!! (Sorry mate, have to gloat, as I can't recall the last time Spurs were top!!! Maybe '61 )


D Bizzle loves scoring against Chavski doesn't he!

Lol all good mate, btw 3 awesome goals from defoe tonight.

[Bully]

I have to say i cant see how any team will beat Chelski this season the way they are playing at the moment.

[Il Duce]

I have to say i cant see how any team will beat Chelski this season the way they are playing at the moment.

Agreed, I have to admit I wasn't to pleased when we first signed Carlo as manager but he is doing well so far and has seemed to bring to some stabilty to the team, I havent seen us look this dominate since Jose was around, (sorry bout this JTC) was good to put Burnley back in there place of corse the bigger challenges will come when we face the other teams form the big 4 and Tottenham but you can only play the teams ur put up against. Btw who said Drogba and Anelka cant paly together??

[devilsadvocate]

I have to say i cant see how any team will beat Chelski this season the way they are playing at the moment.

Agreed, I have to admit I wasn't to pleased when we first signed Carlo as manager but he is doing well so far and has seemed to bring to some stabilty to the team, I havent seen us look this dominate since Jose was around, (sorry bout this JTC) was good to put Burnley back in there place of corse the bigger challenges will come when we face the other teams form the big 4 and Tottenham but you can only play the teams ur put up against. Btw who said Drogba and Anelka cant paly together??

Chelski v Spurs at the Bridge is going to be a cracker.

[smithy]

Chelsea banned from signing any new players for next 2 transfer windows.

hahahahahahaha

[Il Duce]

Dont think it will matter to much squads is pretty good as it is, anyway the are just going to challenge the descision and it will probley be droped to a 1 transfer window ban

[mighty_tiger_79]

BBC Sport's James Pearce explains the Kakuta ruling

Chelsea have been banned from signing any new players until January 2011.

The punishment was meted out by world governing body Fifa after the club was found guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens in 2007.

A Fifa statement said the Blues would not be able to register new players in the next two transfer windows.

Chelsea insist they will "mount the strongest appeal possible" and say the sanctions are "totally disproportionate to the alleged offence".

A statement from the Premier League club, who will make their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), added: "We cannot comment further until we receive the full written rationale for this extraordinarily arbitrary decision."

Fifa's dispute resolution chamber (DRC) ruled French winger Kakuta, now 18, must also pay compensation of 780,000 euros (£682,000), for which Chelsea are "jointly and severally liable".

PHIL McNULTY'S BLOG
If Fifa actually believes Chelsea are the only club guilty of this particular offence in world football, then naivety is being stretched to its furthest point

Lens lodged a complaint with world football's governing body after Chelsea signed the winger two years ago.

Now the DRC has ruled Kakuta breached his contract with Lens and that Chelsea induced him to do so.

Fifa's statement continued: "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.

"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 breach."

Chelsea must pay additional "training compensation" of 130,000 euros (£114,000) to Lens, while the player has been banned from playing in official matches for four months.

Kakuta ended 2007/8, his first season with Chelsea, as the youth team's top scorer and was voted the academy's player of the year.

He played five times for the youth team and twice for the reserves in his second season before it was brought to an abrupt end in February when he suffered a double fracture of his ankle.

The Lille-born youngster has never played for Chelsea's first team, although he is back to full fitness and has been featuring in the reserves this season.

Fifa's decision to ban Chelsea means they will not be able to sign players in the January and summer 2010 transfer windows.

The player was under contract with us, and they came and stole him away from us

Lens president Gervais Martel
Former Chelsea player Pat Nevin thinks that could mean problems for Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti.

"He's got a number of worries going ahead," said Nevin, who played for Chelsea between 1983 and 1988.

"He's going to lose a number of players to the African Cup of Nations around January-February time.

"Then there is the World Cup coming up. After a World Cup, your players are tired, and many of the Chelsea players will be involved. They'll need to replenish their squad and, if they fail with this appeal, they won't be able to."

Lens president Gervais Martel said he felt the judgement was fair and would send out a warning message to larger clubs like Chelsea who break the rules.

"We expected this kind of decision. The player was under contract with us and they came and stole him away from us," he said.

"Chelsea didn't follow the rules. They contacted the player when he wasn't even 16 and while he had been contracted to our training group from the age of eight.

"The financial sanction isn't over the top given the nature of the infringement, but it's really quite significant when it comes to not being able to recruit players.

"It's an important message given that protecting up and coming youth players who are contracted to clubs is an issue being followed closely by Uefa president Michel Platini."

Fifa punished Switzerland's FC Sion for a similar offence in April and the club was told it could not sign players until the 2010 off-season.

This was punishment for luring Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary in 2008 before his deal with Al-Ahly had expired.

Like Kakuta, El Hadary received a four-month ban from playing.

Sion have appealed to Cas, which has frozen the sanctions while it considers the case, allowing the club to trade before the current season began. A ruling is expected later this year.

Meanwhile Uefa, European football's governing body, is keen to introduce a rule preventing the international transfer of players under the age of 18 after member associations, clubs, leagues and players agreed to the principle.

Speaking in March, Uefa president Platini: "The question of minors is above all a moral and ethical issue. We have a duty to take concrete steps to protect young players and training clubs."

[Il Duce]

Just a question, why is it ok for Man Utd to do it then?? If you dont know what I mean see the Federico Macheda transfer/signing, playing in Lazio youth team man utd payed the family money (not sure how much) and he left Lazio and went to Man utd and Lazio recived nothing

[hazza11]

BBC Sport's James Pearce explains the Kakuta ruling

Chelsea have been banned from signing any new players until January 2011.

The punishment was meted out by world governing body Fifa after the club was found guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens in 2007.

A Fifa statement said the Blues would not be able to register new players in the next two transfer windows.

Chelsea insist they will "mount the strongest appeal possible" and say the sanctions are "totally disproportionate to the alleged offence".

A statement from the Premier League club, who will make their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), added: "We cannot comment further until we receive the full written rationale for this extraordinarily arbitrary decision."

Fifa's dispute resolution chamber (DRC) ruled French winger Kakuta, now 18, must also pay compensation of 780,000 euros (£682,000), for which Chelsea are "jointly and severally liable".

PHIL McNULTY'S BLOG
If Fifa actually believes Chelsea are the only club guilty of this particular offence in world football, then naivety is being stretched to its furthest point

Lens lodged a complaint with world football's governing body after Chelsea signed the winger two years ago.

Now the DRC has ruled Kakuta breached his contract with Lens and that Chelsea induced him to do so.

Fifa's statement continued: "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.

"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 breach."

Chelsea must pay additional "training compensation" of 130,000 euros (£114,000) to Lens, while the player has been banned from playing in official matches for four months.

Kakuta ended 2007/8, his first season with Chelsea, as the youth team's top scorer and was voted the academy's player of the year.

He played five times for the youth team and twice for the reserves in his second season before it was brought to an abrupt end in February when he suffered a double fracture of his ankle.

The Lille-born youngster has never played for Chelsea's first team, although he is back to full fitness and has been featuring in the reserves this season.

Fifa's decision to ban Chelsea means they will not be able to sign players in the January and summer 2010 transfer windows.

The player was under contract with us, and they came and stole him away from us

Lens president Gervais Martel
Former Chelsea player Pat Nevin thinks that could mean problems for Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti.

"He's got a number of worries going ahead," said Nevin, who played for Chelsea between 1983 and 1988.

"He's going to lose a number of players to the African Cup of Nations around January-February time.

"Then there is the World Cup coming up. After a World Cup, your players are tired, and many of the Chelsea players will be involved. They'll need to replenish their squad and, if they fail with this appeal, they won't be able to."

Lens president Gervais Martel said he felt the judgement was fair and would send out a warning message to larger clubs like Chelsea who break the rules.

"We expected this kind of decision. The player was under contract with us and they came and stole him away from us," he said.

"Chelsea didn't follow the rules. They contacted the player when he wasn't even 16 and while he had been contracted to our training group from the age of eight.

"The financial sanction isn't over the top given the nature of the infringement, but it's really quite significant when it comes to not being able to recruit players.

"It's an important message given that protecting up and coming youth players who are contracted to clubs is an issue being followed closely by Uefa president Michel Platini."

Fifa punished Switzerland's FC Sion for a similar offence in April and the club was told it could not sign players until the 2010 off-season.

This was punishment for luring Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary in 2008 before his deal with Al-Ahly had expired.

Like Kakuta, El Hadary received a four-month ban from playing.

Sion have appealed to Cas, which has frozen the sanctions while it considers the case, allowing the club to trade before the current season began. A ruling is expected later this year.

Meanwhile Uefa, European football's governing body, is keen to introduce a rule preventing the international transfer of players under the age of 18 after member associations, clubs, leagues and players agreed to the principle.

Speaking in March, Uefa president Platini: "The question of minors is above all a moral and ethical issue. We have a duty to take concrete steps to protect young players and training clubs."

Seriously could not believe this when I read this morning. Can see this being scrapped after Chelsea take them to the court.

[RoosterMarty]

Just a question, why is it ok for Man Utd to do it then?? If you dont know what I mean see the Federico Macheda transfer/signing, playing in Lazio youth team man utd payed the family money (not sure how much) and he left Lazio and went to Man utd and Lazio recived nothing

He hadn't signed a contract with Lazio so United did nothing wrong.

[Il Duce]

I asked a mate of mine bout the situation

That's different. Players in Italy are not allowed to sign a professional contract before they're 18; when he transferred to Yanited they relocated his family.

[devilsadvocate]

Chelsea banned from signing any new players for next 2 transfer windows.

hahahahahahaha

There should be an international holiday to let the world celebrate this decision!!!!

Another issue that further complicates things for the Chavski is the African Nations Cup. Off the top of my head, the Chavs will be without Drogba, Essien, Obi Mikel and Kalou for the best part of 5 weeks while this comp is run in Jan 2010.

Could dent their title hopes?

[Bully]

Chelsea banned from signing any new players for next 2 transfer windows.

hahahahahahaha

There should be an international holiday to let the world celebrate this decision!!!!

Another issue that further complicates things for the Chavski is the African Nations Cup. Off the top of my head, the Chavs will be without Drogba, Essien, Obi Mikel and Kalou for the best part of 5 weeks while this comp is run in Jan 2010.

Could dent their title hopes?

dont talk about chelski like that, its a touchy subject round here

[Il Duce]

Chelsea 2 - Stoke 1, late winner from malouda in a game we did deserve to win we kept attacking stoke just put the bus in front of goal and hope to nick a draw.


As for the transfer ban, it will mean we finaly have to play our younger players and they will have to get some experiance, but to be honest not to worried because I do still believe we will win the title this season, as for next season we will cross that bridge (pardon the pun) when we come to it