CAS sets date for Chelsea appeal against FIFA ban

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has set a date to hear Chelsea’s appeal against a transfer ban by FIFA for breaking rules to sign youth players from abroad.

According to a statement from CAS on Monday, November 4, the hearing will be heard on November 20 and a verdict due before the winter transfer window opens in January.

Already,  Chelsea have already served half of its one-year ban on registering new players and given the club did not seek to freeze the FIFA sanction, they have been preparing the appeal to CAS.

At the last count, FIFA’s disciplinary and appeal committees disclosed that Chelsea violated 150 rules protecting minors from trafficking, involving about 70 players.

The Blues were also judged to have broken rules prohibiting third-party influence on players. FIFA imposed a fine of 600,000 Swiss francs (£470,000).

Bertrand Traore officially signed in 2014 but first appeared for Chelsea three years earlier 

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The Stamford Bridge dwellers denied wrongdoing.

A report published last week by FIFA into the club’s failed appeal against their suspension confirmed that they were found guilty of 150 rule breaches, of which 27 were punishable, involving 71 players.