Lens come into some money

[Bailo]

Beeb

 

Court lifts Chelsea transfer ban over Kakuta signing

 

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.

 

What a surprise.

[ManxRed]

I was just about to post the same story under the heading 'Money Talks!'

 

Not entirely unsurprising this.

[Zoob]

Yes, I'm sure the contract that Lens had signed with a very promising youngster was not valid.

[Sion]

So they've basically paid their way out of a ban?

Platini will be furious. Which is good. But Chelsea can buy players, which is worse.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

But why should Chelsea observe the rules?

[John am Rhein]

Lens versus Carl Zeiss Jena - now that would have been a truly optical clash