BREAKING! Chelsea banned from signing players for two transfer windows

Chelsea Football Club have been banned from registering any new players for the next two transfer windows.

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctioned the English club and The Football Association for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18

This means they will have to wait until the summer of 2020 before they can register a new player.

Chelsea was found to have breached art. 19 of the Regulations in the case of twenty-nine minor players and to have committed several other infringements relating to registration requirements for players.

Disciplinary Committee sanctioned Chelsea with a ban on registering new players at both national and international level for the next two (2) complete and consecutive registration periods.

This ban applies to the club as a whole – with the exception of the women’s and futsal teams – and does not prevent the release of players.

Additionally, the club was fined CHF 600,000 and given a period of 90 days to regularise the situation of the minor players concerned.

The Football Association was also found to have breached the rules in connection with minors. It was fined CHF 510,000 and given a period of six months to address the situation concerning the international transfer and first registration of minors in football.