Chelsea Banned by FIFA???

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is confident the transfer ban imposed on the club will not affect their Premier League ambitions in the short term.

World governing body Fifa recently found Chelsea guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens.

"The transfer embargo is not a problem because we have a good team and very good players," said Ancelotti.

"The club are appealing and we have to wait for a good result for us. We hope that they overturn the decision."
Chelsea cannot sign any new players during the next two transfer windows, and Fifa has confirmed that they cannot recall any players on season-long loans under the terms of their transfer ban.

I can understand non-Chelsea fans taking delight in the decision as what better way to level the playing fields (similar to Formula 1) and whilst I cannot condone that which is illegal I will be most surprised if other clubs have not engaged in similar activities in the past. Bearing in mind that when purchasing from other English clubs the excessive fees paid by clubs such as Chelsea are injected directly back into these clubs, this ban is also not good for the English game - but then I believe that this is ultimately the goal of FIFA! They don't like seeing you guys having the best, most exciting league in the world.

Personally i don't feel that this punishment will affect Chelsea too much, we have a good strong squad, and some good youth players coming through, but I hope Chelsea fight this decision all the way. UP THE BLUES.