Chelsea have been banned from signing players in the next two transfer windows for breaching rules in relation to youth players, Fifa has announced. It comes following a Fifa investigation into the Blues' signing of foreign under-18 players, including former striker Bertrand Traore. Based on documents from Football Leaks, French website Mediapart claimed 19 Chelsea signings had been looked at in a three year-long investigation. In addition, it is also claimed Chelsea paid for Traore to attend the £20,000-a-year Whitgift School in Surrey. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid both received bans for breaching rules over the signing of minors in early 2016, while Barcelona were given a 14-month ban after breaking rules for signing international under-18s in 2014.

Source: BBC February 22, 2019 09:42 UTC