• Club could seek interim ruling from Cas if it is rejected
Fifa expects to consider Chelsea’s appeal against a two-window transfer ban before the market formally opens this summer, in effect allowing the Premier League club time to seek an interim ruling at the court of arbitration for sport should their appeal be rejected.
Chelsea claimed to be “astonished” on Friday after seeing an initial request to freeze the ban from registering new players until the summer of 2020 for breaches relating to the recruitment of minors – they were charged with 92 breaches of article 19 alone, and found guilty of 29 of those cases – rejected by Fifa’s appeal committee. They pointed to leeway granted to Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, who had all successfully delayed bans by appealing, and suggested the governing body was guilty of double standards.
Written by Dominic Fifield and David Hytner
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