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    A statement from the club read: "Chelsea will mount the strongest appeal possible following the decision of FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber over Gael Kakuta." "The sanctions are without precedent to this level and totally disproportionate to the alleged offence and the financial penalty imposed." Full Article at Sportal Australia
    Chelsea will mount the strongest appeal possible following the decision of FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber over Gael Kakuta.
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago
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  1. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted the request for a stay filed by Chelsea Football Club Ltd and Mr Gael Kakuta in relation to the decision taken by the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber on 27 August 2009.
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago
  2. As a result the player was condemned to pay compensation in the amount of 780,000 euros, for which the club, Chelsea, is jointly and severally liable, and sporting sanctions were imposed on both the player and Chelsea.
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago
  3. The sanctions are without precedent to this level and totally disproportionate to the alleged offence and the financial penalty imposed.
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago
  4. A restriction of four months on his eligibility to play in official matches is imposed on the player Gael Kakuta while the club Chelsea is banned from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, for the two next entire and consecutive registration periods following the notificatio...
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago
  5. The DRC found that the player had indeed breached a contract signed with the French club. Equally, the DRC deemed it to be established that the English club induced the player to such breach.
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago
  6. The FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber imposed, inter alia, a restriction of four months' ineligibility on Mr Gael Kakuta, and Chelsea Football Club Ltd was banned from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, for the next two complete, consecutive registration periods. Such sanct...
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago
  7. We cannot comment further until we receive the full written rationale for this extraordinarily arbitrary decision.
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago
  8. The French club had lodged a claim with FIFA seeking compensation for breach of contract from the player and requesting also sporting sanctions to be imposed on the player and the English club for breach of contract and inducement to breach of contract respectively
    SOURCE: Sportal Australia 2 weeks ago

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