Chelsea free to sign players in January after transfer ban is halvedChelsea are free to sign players in the January transfer windowChelsea are free to sign players in January after their appeal against a transfer ban imposed by FIFA was reduced by half by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. FIFA handed down a two-window transfer ban to Chelsea in February of this year and rejected Chelsea's appeal against the punishment in April. Despite the transfer ban, Mateo Kovacic joined the club from Real Madrid for £40m because of a loophole in FIFA's regulations which allowed the transfer as Chelsea already held his registration after his season-long loan from the previous season. Transfer Talk then follows at midday delivering analysis of the biggest stories. Meanwhile, the Transfer Talk podcast will also be back at the turn of the year with more expert analysis from here and across the continent.

Source: Sky sports December 06, 2019 11:03 UTC