Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:57 am
CHELSEA APPEAL DATE SET
26/03/19
Chelsea's appeal against their two-window transfer ban for signing underage players will be heard by a FIFA appeal committee on April 11, world football's governing body has confirmed.
No other details about the hearing were given in the short statement from a FIFA spokesperson.
The Premier League club were given the registration ban, which runs until July 2020, last month and were also fined £460,000 for 29 breaches of FIFA's rules on the international transfer of minors.
Strongly denying any wrongdoing, both Chelsea and the FA made their intentions to appeal clear at the outset, although only Chelsea are mentioned in Monday's FIFA statement about April 11.
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have all been sanctioned for similar offences in the past and Manchester City are understood to be the next leading club in line for a sanction related to underage transfers.