World soccer body FIFA are investigating
Premier League champions Chelsea for the third time in eight years over a
potential breach of young player regulations.
Fifa rules prohibit the international
transfer of players under the age of 18 unless their parents have emigrated for
reasons not connected to football or both the player and club are based within
50 kilometres of a national border.
A Chelsea spokesman told newsmen that the club complies with all FIFA statutes
and regulations when recruiting players. Chelsea have been investigated twice
previously over their signing of minors.
The West London club were banned from signing
players for two transfer windows in 2009, a penalty they had overturned on
appeal in 2010, over Gael Kakuta's 2007 move from Lens to Stamford Bridge.
They were also investigated over the transfer
of Bertrand Traore, the Burkina Faso international who was signed after his
18th birthday but had appeared in an under-18 match in 2011 while still 16.
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