Gael Kakuta case finally resolved.

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Chelsea have had their transfer ban lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after reaching an agreement with Lens over the signing of Gael Kakuta.
A statement on the Cas website said that the two clubs and the player had accepted the player’s contract with the French side was not valid.
Thus Kakuta could not have terminated it prematurely, so Chelsea could not be liable for inducing it to be breached.
The Cas said all parties agreed the proceedings would remain confidential.
In September 2009, Fifa’s Dispute Resolution Chamber imposed a four-month ban on the player and banned Chelsea from registering any new players in the next two transfer windows over the case.

A statement on the club website from chairman Bruce Buck said Chelsea were glad to have resolved the matter amicably.
“It was always our intention to work together with Lens to reach this end, and both clubs have strengthened their relationship as a result of resolving this case to everyone’s satisfaction,” he said.
“In an act of good faith and with a view to the possibility of future collaboration with Lens, and without recognising any liability, Chelsea has agreed to pay compensation costs for the training given to the player while at Lens, as mandated by Fifa in its original ruling.” (BBC Sport)

So there you have it. It appears that FIFA acted a little swiftly in dishing out the original ban in the first place. It seems that the world governing body acted in its usual anti-English bravado and accused Chelsea of an offence they were clearly never guilty of in the first place.

Now Chelsea are free to buy all and sundry but the question is do they really need to? Top of the Premier League and firing on all cylinders in the Champions League, what more could Carlo Ancelotti want? Apart from of course a little less paparazzi attention directed at his club captain that is.

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