Chelsea's appeal against transfer ban to be heard by FIFA from ThursdayOn Thursday, lawyers representing Chelsea will begin the appeal against the club's transfer ban for breaking FIFA rules over the signing of foreign U18 players. In March, FIFA banned Chelsea from registering new players for the next two transfer windows, through to January 2020. Chelsea were charged after FIFA said it found breaches in 29 cases of 92 investigated. So far, FIFA has refused to freeze the transfer ban during the appeal process, a decision which left Chelsea "astonished". Real Madrid's interest in Eden Hazard has been made more complicated by Chelsea's transfer ban, though Sky Sports News understands the Spanish club are increasingly confident of signing the player in the coming summer window.

Source: Sky sports April 10, 2019 15:22 UTC