Chelsea defender claims players won't be allowed to leave this summer

Andreas Christensen

The Premier League club have been banned by FIFA from bringing in new players for the next two transfer windows after breaking rules regarding the signing of foreign under-18 players.

Chelsea have appealed the decision, but their request to have the ban frozen during the appeal process was rejected by world football’s governing body.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.