So now that the CAS have suspended the transfer ban that had been imposed on Chelsea by UEFA over the Gael Kakuta affair, the press are going to town about how Chelsea will be spending big money in January to cover players leaving for the African Nations Cup and also to plan for the future transfer windows just in case the ban is upheld after appeal. Click to continue reading...

So now that the CAS have suspended the transfer ban that had been imposed on Chelsea by UEFA over the Gael Kakuta affair, the press are going to town about how Chelsea will be spending big money in January to cover players leaving for the African Nations Cup and also to plan for the future transfer windows just in case the ban is upheld after appeal. Click to continue reading...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has granted Chelsea's request to suspend their two-year transfer ban pending a final decision into their case. Chelsea were handed a two year ban by UEFA for the Gael Kakuta situation, Chelsea have appealed to the CAS and the statement released today is as follows: ''The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted the request for a stay filed by Chelsea Click to continue reading...

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Diddy knows what is up. As you should have already heard, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has agreed to freeze the two-window transfer ban on Chelsea, as well as the four-month playing ban on Gael Kakuta. These bans, imposed by Fifa's Dispute Resolution Chamber, are temporarily lifted until the club's appeal has been heard and ruled on.

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I woke up cheerful today, as is normally the case on most Saturday's, especially on Saturday's when we're playing at home. My smile quickly turned into a miserable frown and my joy evolved, faster than than any Richard Dawkin's book, into disgust as I read that Chelsea are now allowed to trade within January's transfer window after the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) postponed the FIFA imposed ban until it (CAS) has heard the club's appeal. Click to continue reading...

Time to get the chequebook out Roman.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted Chelsea's request to suspend their transfer ban.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has granted Chelsea's request to suspend their two-year transfer ban pending a final decision into their case. Chelsea were handed a two year ban by UEFA for the Gael Kakuta situation, Chelsea have appealed to the CAS and the statement released today is as follows: ''The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted the request for a stay filed by Chelsea

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has granted Chelsea's request to suspend their two-year transfer ban pending a final decision into their case.
Chelsea were handed a two year ban by UEFA for the Gael Kakuta situation, Chelsea have appealed to the CAS and the statement released today is as follows:
''The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted the request for a stay filed by Chelsea Football Club Ltd and Mr Gaël Kakuta in relation to the decision taken by the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber on 27 August 2009. Click to continue reading...

The Fédération Française de Football (FFF), France's governing football body, this week made the peculiar decision to include Gael Kakuta in their U19 squad for next week's Limoges Tournament. You'll recall the FFF were instrumental in getting Kakuta banned for four months by FIFA as part of the Chelsea transfer ban.

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Ancelotti makes January transfer plans...just in case!

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CHELSEA are considering an £18m move for Napoli's attacking midfielder Marek Hamsik as they prepare for a spending spree that could top £30m in the January transfer window — potentially their final opportunity to invest in new players until the summer of 2011.

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West London side seeks help from the Court of Arbitration.

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Chelsea have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to suspend the transfer ban imposed by Fifa over the Gael Kakuta affair.

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Hi Insiders, what with the International break there is not alot happening on the news front today. Couple of things through firstly Arsenalinsider has moved to it's new home alongside our other sites in the "Insider" brand. You can still find us at www.arsenalinsider.com and now also at: http://arsenal.

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Yesterday Man United said via the official website (www.manutd.com) that the Paul Pogba claim had been put to bed, Le Havre are saying something totally different.
Le Havre claimed that United paid off Pogba's parents so that he would break a contract with Le Havre and join United. Click to continue reading...

Much has been written about the Gael Kakuta case which has led to the ban on transfer dealings that has been imposed on Chelsea. There has been debate about whether the decision was too harsh or not; others have focused on going over Chelsea's actions to see whether they were right in what they did or not. Click to continue reading...

Blues find their first way of circumnavigating the rules Chelsea have beaten their transfer ban to sign Croatian goalkeeper Matej Delac, according to the player's current club. A deal has been struck which will see the 17-year-old remain with Inter Zapresic until 2011 with Chelsea paying his wages. Delac will reportedly travel to the UK whenever possible [. Click to continue reading...

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Chelsea FC have announced chief executive Peter Kenyon will be stepping down October 31st while staying on as a non-executive director and liaison to both UEFA and the European Clubs' Association committees. As it stands this morning, the most likely explanation for Kenyon's resignation will be the Gael Kakuta affair—the Lens youngster whom Chelsea encouraged to break contract with the French club, leading to a two transfer window ban for CFC—although there were likely more important factors which led to today's announcement.

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Richard Scudamore launches more Scuds

The Premier League has brought in protectionism ostensibly in the name of encouraging homegrown talent but what it actually accomplishes is legalize the sort of predatory Gael Kakuta and Paul Pogba type of transfers.

Richard Scudamore in one fell swoop has made the UEFA head honchos happy and preserved the EPL's global brand alive.

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I wanted to offer a comment on the Gael Kakuta case. This is a follow-up / extension of a post from fellow writer Cameron, so hopefully he can comment on my thoughts.
To give some background on Kakuta, in 2007, when the player was just 16 years of age, he transferred from RC Lens to Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Controversial Chelsea youngster keeps hitting on other people's girlfriends The player at the centre of the Chelsea tapping-up storm has been making a few illegal approaches. Chelsea's Gael Kakuta is always attempting to chat up women with boyfriends on nights out, according to his academy team-mate Jacob Mellis (1min 55secs). Click to continue reading...

I get the feeling this one's going to be around for a long time yet. Joleon Lescott and Manchester City eat your hearts out. The controversy surrounding the Gael Kakuta affair has definitely had a massive affect on football. After Lens' complaint to FIFA about Chelsea's actions, it seems to have given the rest of Europe [. Click to continue reading...

Unless one has been in a coma for the past two weeks, they would have noticed the controversy surrounding the (just about) Croatian Eduardo's attempt to "deceive the referee" in Arsenal's Champions League Qualifier against Celtic and his subsequent two match ban by UEFA.

After the entire British Isles bar the red side of North London cried "cheat" at Eduardo, UEFA handed out a two match ban to Eduardo and one would have thought that justice has been served and the world can move on to other football controversies like Gael Kakuta and APOEL FC's presence in the Champions League.

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Slaven Bilic

I should be a Bond villain. ... How do you become a Bond villain? ... Should I kidnap Daniel Craig? ... I have the look down. One ear ring, creepy smile, air of icy menace. ... "Good evening, Mr. Bond." ... I need minions. ... Luka Modric can be my minion.

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I won't go into a great deal of prologue on the Gael Kakuta / Chelsea transfer ban situation - see here and here for related stories.

Am I alone in thinking the solution proposed by Football (with a big F) stinks? They're talking about banning the movement of players under the age of 18.

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Jamie Carragher has said scouting for young talent abroad is perfectly acceptable - as long as it is done within the rules.
The Liverpool defender, who came through the youth ranks on Merseyside alongside captain Steven Gerrard, believes provided young English players are given the chance to prove themselves, then bringing in foreign youngsters should be allowed. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool could have to pay more than £1million to sign teenager Max Clayton after complaints about an unofficial approach from his club Crewe.
The Anfield side are the latest Premier League giants to come under scrutiny for their behaviour in recruiting top young talent from smaller teams, after a passionate outburst from Gresty Road director of football Dario Gradi. Click to continue reading...

In an all too familiar story, another potential poaching case, this time involving 17 year Jeremy Helan of Rennes who was signed on by City earlier this year is being investigated.

FIFA said in a statement: "We can confirm that there is a case pending with FIFA's Player Status Department involving Jeremy Helan, Stade Rennais FC and Manchester City.

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They Think It's All Over... chews over the whole furore around the Gael Kakuta affair and wonders what's to be done about U18 transfers. Click to continue reading...

China: where away kits don't exist If Chelsea are still feeling a little hard done by over the Gael Kakuta saga they might want to read about the plight of Chinese Super League outfit Shenzhen. The struggling club has been handed a three-point deduction, 100,000 yuan ($14,650) and been banned from entering the league's FairPlay Award [. Click to continue reading...

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According Man interested the17 future However, hoping over transfer and ban market United United ready back complaints Havre Pogba's will to force and FA Pogba's papers.

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There is no problem with Manchester United to continue signing promising young players from all over the world. After signing Le Havre's Paul Pogba, United turn their attention to Caen's Regis Etari.
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Football is a special sport At least, Football thinks he is a special sport. More specially specialist special than any other on the planet. Billions watch him. Everyone envys the super cool guy. Cos he is just so damn special. Specialtastic! I think football is a bit more special-needs than being super cool. Click to continue reading...

Following Chelsea's illegal approach for Lens starlet Gael Kakuta, an approach that has recently been severely punished, Lens' French counterparts Le Havre have decided to launch a complaint to FIFA about Manchester United's approach for midfielder Paul Pogba You may remember my article on Pogba some weeks ago now. Click to continue reading...

At the center of all the fuss is Gael Kakuta.

Alright so I know this is a day late and that most of you probably have heard about this already but Chelsea have just been ripped a new one by FIFA.

I am, of course, talking about FIFA's ruling of banning Chelsea from making any transfers until 2011.

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Everybody is well versed on yesterday's big news of Chelsea's transfer ban until 2011, a protracted legal battle which has surely only just begun. When it became clear that Gael Kakuta breached a youth contract with a pre-arrangement to a professional contract once he turned 17, all sorts of warning signs began going off. Click to continue reading...

"He's here, hes there, hes every fcuking where. Ka-kuuu-taaaaa Ka-kuuu-taaaaa" Yes Yes. Yesterday Google announced that the biggest increase in a search term was the words "Gael Kakuta". Not Cristiano Crappants. Not Lionel Im Allowed to Headbutt People. Not even the original Golden Bollock Balls himself. Click to continue reading...