Chelsea's interest in Aguero has been rumored for many months.
Is Aguero really heading to England?
Chelsea is reportedly going to pay Atletico 44 million euros for Aguero.
telegraph.co.uk
Chelsea on verge of signing Sergio
Agüero for £40m from Atlético Madrid
Chelsea are expected to clinch a British-record £40 million transfer deal to sign the Argentine
international
Sergio Agüero at a meeting scheduled with his agents next Monday.
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Ancelotti aims to bring in 'Marquee' Signing in forthcoming transfer window.
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Chelsea back in the hunt for Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery
Chelsea have made Franck Ribery their top transfer target and hope to sign the France
international when the January window opens.
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Chelsea's transfer ban has been lifted while FIFA get ready for final decision, Chelsea were banned
because of signing Lens' ex-player Gael Kakuta by convincing Kakuta to terminate his contract. The
Court of Arbitration for Sport has granted Chelsea's request for their Fifa transfer ban to be
suspended pending a final decision by FIFA.
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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.
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bridge views 06 November @ 12:15 PM EST
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) kindly announced today that they would grant Chelsea's
request for a stay in the club's transfer ban, meaning Chelsea will now be free to flash the cash
in January. Of course their final judgement over the club's alleged wrong-doing over the signing of
Gael Kakuta is still to come, but in the short-term Chelsea will be able to strengthen the squad if
Ancelotti feels reinforcements are needed.
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bridge views 06 November @ 12:15 PM EST
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) kindly announced today that they would grant Chelsea's
request for a stay in the club's transfer ban, meaning Chelsea will now be free to flash the cash
in January. Of course their final judgement over the club's alleged wrong-doing over the signing of
Gael Kakuta is still to come, but in the short-term Chelsea will be able to strengthen the squad if
Ancelotti feels reinforcements are needed.
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We had reported in September that Chelsea were banned by FIFA till 2011 for their alleged
involvement in inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens. However the Court of
Arbitration for Sport ( CAS) has temporarily stayed the sanctions until it takes a final decision
in the matter. "Such sanctions are now stayed until [.
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Chelsea's transfer ban has been temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
(Cas) pending a final decision on the matter.
Fifa had ruled the club could not sign players until 2011 after inducing Gael Kakuta to break
his Lens contract. But Chelsea appealed to Cas, which said on Friday:
"Such sanctions are now stayed until the Cas renders its final decision in this matter.
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Chelsea's transfer ban has been temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
(Cas) pending a final decision on the matter.
Fifa had ruled the club could not sign players until 2011 after inducing Gael Kakuta to break
his Lens contract. But Chelsea appealed to Cas, which said today:
"Such sanctions are now stayed until the Cas renders its final decision in this matter.
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Footy Factor 06 November @ 05:35 AM EST
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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Carlo makes plans...just in case.
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Chelsea are preparing to launch an unexpected January spending spree after submitting an
appeal against Fifa's transfer ban.
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The controversy surrounding Manchester United's signing of 16-year-old French prospect Paul
Pogba has been cleared up. FIFA have ruled that Manchester United did not contravene any FIFA
regulations in their recruitment of the young midfielder specifically Article 19, which focuses on
the protection of minors.
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FIFA have approved
Paul Pogba's move to
Man United after a judge ruled that United
didn't get the player to break his contract with
Le Havre. Pogba is now able to join Man
United. United have said that Pogba will immediately be registered with the United.
Le Havre claimed that Man United offered the players parents a house and money if the played moved
to United.
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English club found to have acted within guidelines.
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Manchester United have been cleared by Fifa to sign 16-year-old Paul Pogba.
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"Sometimes you have a noisy neighbour and have to live with it. You can't do anything about them if
they keep on making noise but what we can do, as we showed today, is you can get on with your life,
put your television on and turn it up a bit louder."
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With my apologizes to Elton John
Goodbye Peter Kenyon
Though I never knew you at all
You arrogance and lack of class
Makes Ken Bates look classy
Of all the owners, agents, players and commentators in football, Peter Kenyon stands alone on
top of my most hated list.
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SoccerLens 15 September @ 09:20 AM EST
The Premier League have introduced a home-grown player rule and a limit on squad sizes – both
of which will come into effect from next season.
The 20 Premier League clubs have voted to introduce the measures which will see all teams
limited to a squad of 25 of which eight players must be ‘home-grown'.
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I haven't posted in a while (thanks mostly to the restart of school) and I thought I would throw
in some of my thoughts as of late.
DC UNITED
I live and breathe for the Black and Red! This season is bring me back to the dark ages of the
Ray Hudson era. Granted United is 3 points out from 1st in the East, United has also played the
most matches of every team except for Houston.
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EPL Talk 10 September @ 11:50 AM EST
The shock transfer ban recently imposed on Chelsea for their "inducing" of young French player
Gael Kakuta has again raised the argument of English clubs scouting for and developing too many
foreign players within their youth systems. Why?
It's a simple numbers game.
Football is a global sport, so it would make very little sense for a club to ignore the wealth
of upcoming talent outside of their own back yard.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has defended the pursuit of the world's best young
talent by the Premier League's top clubs.
Wenger has also declared a ban on the transfer of under 18s would be very damaging
for the game.
Chelsea have been barred by FIFA from making any new signings for two transfer
windows after being found guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to breach his contract with Lens in 2007,
when the winger was 16.
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Ken Bates, the hero of small clubs everywhere!
They are after you.
"They" being UEFA and FIFA and "you" being most of the top football teams in Europe.
I am, of course, talking about the massive issue has come of the top European clubs "stealing"
young talent away from smaller teams.
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Anfield Talk 09 September @ 11:16 AM EST
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has welcomed UEFA's crackdown on diving but he wants to see video
evidence used more often to punish reckless challenges.
Arsenal striker Eduardo was recently banned for two games after being found guilty of deceiving the
referee to win a penalty in their Champions League qualifier against Celtic.
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Anfield Talk 09 September @ 11:10 AM EST
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is not sure that a ban on the transfer of players who are under
the age of 18 will necessarily improve the situation, as the storm surrounding big English clubs
and their alleged 'inducement' of young French players continues to rage.
Manchester City are the latest club to face possible FIFA action, following the transfer ban placed
on Chelsea for an alleged breach of the regulations when they signed youngster Gael Kakuta from RC
Lens.
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Big Story
Whatever the legal niceties of it, the backstory of the Premier League's worldwide
poaching of talent is the failure of the Academy scheme domestically, put into place 12 years ago
nationwide, but hardly bringing through an amazing stream of talent.
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FIFA's transfer ban imposed on Chelsea has, as expected, opened up a can of worms regarding the
tapping up of players.Chelsea were banned last week from registering any new players until 2011 for
improper conduct when they signed Gael Kakuta from French club Lens in 2007.And already accusations
have been lodged at United over the signing of Paul Pogba.
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Dirty Tackle 09 September @ 04:01 AM EST
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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The club have moved to deny any wrongdoing with the signing of Jeremy Helan:
Manchester city is aware of the ongoing contractual dispute in the French Labour courts between
Jeremy Helan and Stade Rennais. The dispute between the player and the Club pre-dates any interest
from Manchester City.
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Crewe's Director of Football thinks we should be afraid, very afraid!
Crewe have reported an unnamed Premier League club to the Football Association for an
alleged illegal approach for one of its young players.
Director of football Dario Gradi revealed the Coca-Cola League Two club had complained in the wake
of Fifa's decision to ban Chelsea from signing any players until January 2011.
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Last week's biggest headline was the announcement that Chelsea have been handed a transfer ban.
The Blues are accused of illegally tapping up former Lens youngster Gael Kakuta, and the ruling has
sparked controversy all around the world of football. Manchester United appear to be the next club
on the chopping block as French club Le Havre are accusing the Premiership champions of tapping up
16 year old Paul Pogba.
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At the beginning of August, news broke that Manchester United had beaten Arsenal to the signing
of Le Havre youngster, Paul Pogba. At the time, their chairman Jean-Pierre Louvel accused United of
being "impolite" and claimed "in the best case scenario we will only get some
€110,000 to €120,000.
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Soccerblog 06 September @ 09:47 PM EST
English clubs offer a professional contract a year ahead of French and Spanish clubs which they
use to their full advantage with young players who have not yet signed with their parent clubs. It
gives them a headstart in their scouting which Chelsea did with Gael Kakuta at Lens and Manchester
United with Paul Pogba at Le Havre.
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250 million pounds.
Taste it.
Swish it around in your mouth for a moment.
Now spit it out because that's roughly the amount of money that Chelsea F.C, have spent on buying
players since 2004. Now, the team that has become synonymous with major spending, at least before
Real Madrid's summer spending spree, is banned from buying anybody for the next two transfer
windows.
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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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