Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard is now free to sign new
players from January transfer window after Court of Arbitration for Sport
overturned the club's transfer ban by FIFA for breaking youth transfer rules.
The English club were given a two-window ban last season
after FIFA found the London club guilty of breaching article 19 of its
regulations on the status and transfer of players (RSTP), as they failed to
register young overseas players over a number of seasons but that has been cut
to one following a successful appeal.
CAS announced on Friday, December, 6, that the Blues have
had their two-window ban reduced to one, which was served in the summer.
The decision for club Roman Abramovich, the Russian
billionaire owner of the club can now release money to coach Frank Lampard to
sign new players next month.
The CAS statement read: "The following sanctions have
now been imposed by the CAS: Chelsea is banned from registering any new
players, either nationally or internationally for one entire registration
period, which the club already served during the 2019 summer registration
period.
"Chelsea is ordered to pay a fine to FIFA of the amount
of 300,000 Swiss Francs.
"The warning and the reprimand are confirmed."
