Steve

When you say overaction what are you implementing? Because we have not been treated right and something has to be done about it.

Lens presidentGervais Martel believes Fifa's decision to ban Chelsea from signing newplayers for 18 months is a fair punishment. The Blues have been found guilty by football'sgoverning body for inducing former Lens ace Gael Kakuta to break hiscontract with the French club so he could complete a switch to StamfordBridge. The Frenchman was only 15 when Chelsea came calling in 2007 and Lens immediately complained to Fifa. Chelseaare expected to appeal the decision that currently means they will beredundant in the next two transfer windows as well as being ordered topay 130,000 euros in compensation to Lens while Kakuta must hand hisformer club 780,000 euros with the Blues jointly liable for the payment. "Weexpected this kind of decision. The player was under contract with us,and they came and stole him away from us," Martel told AFP. "Chelseadidn't follow the rules. They contacted the player when he wasn't even16 yet, and while he had been contracted to our training group from theage of eight. "The financial sanction isn't over the top giventhe nature of the infringement, but it's really quite significant whenit comes to not being able to recruit players. "It's an importantmessage given that protecting up and coming youth players who arecontracted to clubs is an issue being followed closely by (Uefapresident) Michel Platini. Sky

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Dont hold your breath the statement may not come for a few more hours. As the club may be finding out exactly what the ban is for.

Well possibly, but surly this cant stand. There will surly be alot more clubs banned in the next few days if Chelsea protest this properly.

Surly roman will pay for this, as he will know its not fair.

Well if there looking to stop spending as of this year, it should of been done to the likes of city and madrid so i dont really think it has much to do with that and more the poaching issue. But this happens everywhere..

I still think they need to give better reasoning to this, as it stands i do not think its fair.

Its not that i am massivley worried about that its more the fact thats it not fair

Surly there is someway around this. i cant believe this.

This is out of no where, did anybody even know about this. So angry how can fifa do this, every club around the world does this :ballack:

such fuckin crap

not too sure esk thought i would post it i guess we will see how things develop. It come up today on sky.

Chelsea winger Yuri Zhirkov is finding his time on the sidelines 'unbearably hard'. The Russia international has missed the start of theBlues' Premier League campaign because of a knee injury aggravated onthe club's pre-season tour of America. Zhirkov signed at Stamford Bridge from CSKA Moscow for £18million during the summer and is growing increasingly frustrated as the wait to make his competitive debut goes on. He said in the Daily Express: "My knee is still hurting me, but it is better than two weeks ago when it was agony even to step on the foot. "I wish I had a usual kind of injury when I would know exactly that, say, in a month it will all be over. "But when I can't fully comprehend my situation, and even the doctors do not say anything definitively, it is unbearably hard. "My biggest dream now is to wake up one day and realise that the pain in my knee is all but gone." Source: Sky Sports Seems like we wont be seeing Yuri for a while which is shame.

But if we really needed we have players like joe cole or malouda who can sit up a bit higher and play like a striker. Or even play joe cole as that attacking midfield player who sits behind the anelka.

Massive blow for spurs, sad to see really hes a great talent but i guess its an up for us!

Great news

when he says play some youngster i cant see him fielding a full squad of them, maybe 4 or 5 but not the whole 11.

not going to happen :thumbsdown:

Welcome to talkchelsea mate, stick around and keep posting

Trophy in the cabinet oh god please let this happen.

Not sure about joe returning for this game maybe the spurs game. Yuri on the other hand i can see playing which should be good.

Alex ya know if use ever need help with maintaining the forum plenty of people will put there hand up to help! and im one of them!!!

No injuries on international break please!!!!

ok, list than?