Chelsea have confirmed the club will appeal against FIFA s ruling that a two-window transfer ban will stand.
FIFA announced on Wednesday that Chelsea will not be able to sign players until 2020, although their initial appeal was partially upheld and they will now be permitted register players under the age of 16.
Chelsea, though, continue to deny any wrongdoing after they were sanctioned in relation to 29 cases where regulations relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18 were breached.
The club said in a statement responding to FIFA s ruling that Chelsea will take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Chelsea FC has today received the decision of the FIFA Appeal Committee, the statement read…
Mehdi Benatia is likely to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season and is reportedly keen on making a return to his former club, AS Roma.
Morocco international has endured two difficult years at Allianz Arena, while Bayern Munich’s recent approach to sign Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels having been seen as a clear message by Mehdi Benatia.
Arsenal are believed to be interested in signing the Bayern defender, but Benatia himself is keen to make a return to his former club AS Roma, and is even willing to accept a pay cut by 30% in order to realise the summer transfer to Serie A,
The Italian media reports that Benatia has been in contact with Giallorossi, who have been encouraged by the player himself to proceed with their interest and make an offici…
Sassuolo secured a sixth-place finish and kept their chances to qualify for next season s Europa League alive with a season-closing 3-1 Serie A victory over 10-man Inter on Saturday.
Eusebio Di Francesco s side have never played European football before but will now be hoping for a Juventus victory over AC Milan in next weekend s Coppa Italia final, which would be enough for them to seal a continental berth.
Milan s defeat to Roma ultimately made Sassuolo s victory irrelevant in the race for sixth, but that result was not known when Matteo Politano s deflected strike put the home side in the box seat after six minutes at Citta del Tricolore.
Lorenzo Pellegrini doubled the advantage with another goal against the run of play before Rodrigo Palacio finally got Inte…
Manchester City have been having some ride under Pep Guardiola, winning major trophies each year and continuously being named by most as No. 1 favourites in any competition, but there s still one that they haven t been able to nail. The biggest one.
It s obviously something to think about for the Premier League champions, and here s what Kevin De Bruyne is thinking ahead of their second-leg clash with RB Leipzig in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
We ve obviously not won it but I felt we ve done really well in the Champions League.
Kevin De Bruyne has admitted he wants to win the Champions League but it will not be a regret if he does not
— Football Daily (@footballdaily)
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Gianni Infantino believes there should be way more football as he defended FIFA s expansion of the World Cup and new Club World Cup proposal.
Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president at the FIFA Congress on Thursday after running unopposed.
FIFA confirmed earlier this week that the 2026 World Cup will consist of 48 teams, up from 32, split into 12 groups of four, while plans were also confirmed for an expanded Club World Cup containing 32 teams.
Speaking at the Congress in Rwanda, Infantino said: When I hear there is too much football, yes, maybe in some places, but not everywhere. In fact, in most parts of the world there is not enough football played.
We need way more and not less competitions, we want football to develop worldwide.
We are d…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to introduce new rules to limit agents fees and transfer market spending in an attempt to rescue the values that made football great .
Transfer fees have been trending upwards for several years, but 2017 saw things reach a whole new level.
Paris Saint-Germain stunned world football when they triggered the €222million release clause in Neymar s Barcelona contract in August, smashing the transfer record that was previously set by Paul Pogba s €105m move from Juventus to Manchester United in 2016.
The Parisians also clinched the loan signing of Kylian Mbappe from Monaco, a deal which will be made permanent for €180m at the end of the season.
Following Neymar s departure, Barcelona have also spent significant sums o…
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has signed a two-year contract extension, the club have confirmed.
The 69-year-old has agreed to fresh terms that will run until the end of the 2019-20 season.
Assistant manager Kevin Blackwell and coach Ronnie Jepson have also signed new deals.
Cardiff owner Vincent Tan said: After positive talks, I am very pleased that Neil has committed to Cardiff City Football Club for a further two seasons.
Neil Warnock signs new two-year deal!
— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC)
Having supported Neil since his arrival at the club, we have been delighted to see results follow on the pitch. We are very happy to have agreed this deal, and are looking forward to continuing to bring further success to Ca…
Ravel Morrison s preparations for the new season have been disrupted, with the West Ham midfielder forced to undergo minor groin surgery.
England Under-21 international Morrison, who spent the latter part of last season on loan at QPR, was diagnosed with a problem when West Ham s players reported back for pre-season testing.
A statement on West Ham s website confirmed the player had a minor procedure at a central London hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
It continued: The operation was completed without complications and, following a period of rehabilitation, it is expected the England U21 midfielder will return to training in a few weeks when the first-team squad return from New Zealand.
Morrison joined West Ham from Manchester United in January 2012 and h…
Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo says Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona were all keen on his signature during his time at AC Milan.
The 33-year-old ended a 10-year association with Milan in 2011 and, prior to signing for Juventus, a decision he believes was the best of his career, Pirlo said he was not short of suitors keen to secure his services.
I had already reached an agreement with Chelsea, then after Berlusconi intervened I stayed at Milan, he wrote in his autobiography.
I was also very close with (Fabio) Capello at Real Madrid and nearly joined them in 2006.
(Pep) Guardiola then convinced me to join Barcelona in 2011, but Berlusconi stepped in again.
The Italy international said he was happy with his decision to sign for Juve, and str…
Hansi Flick s only chance to collect The Best FIFA Men s Coach award in future is if Bayern Munich find new competitions to win, Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho suggested.
Last season, Flick led Bayern to a Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League treble, while they have also lifted the UEFA Super Cup and DFL Super Cup in 2020.
So, a few eyebrows were raised when Flick was overlooked for best men s coach at FIFA s annual awards ceremony on Thursday, with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp retaining the prize.
Klopp led Liverpool to a first English top-flight title in 30 years last term, but when addressing the media on Friday admitted his own surprise by saying: I m grateful for it, obviously. From the first moment, like everybody else, I was looking at it a bit wide-eye…