Sarri to consider players on loan as Chelsea lose FIFA transfer ban appeal

Chelsea boss, Maurizio Sarri is set to fall back to players of the club who are on loan in other clubs after an unsuccessful appeal against Fifa’s transfer ban.

The Blues have been banned from signing players during the next two transfer windows, which keeps them off the market until the end of January 2020.

This was following an investigation into their signing of foreign under-18 players.

Chelsea have a number of high-profile players on loan, including Nigerian Victor Moses, Alvaro Morata, Mitchy Batshuayi et al, and Sarri admitted that some of the players are having a good season.

“Every month I have a report on every player on loan; we have about 45,” said the Italian.

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“There are two or three players who have been out on loan this season who are interesting. I do not want to name names now. But the level they have been playing at must be considered.”

The only change to the original Fifa ban is that Chelsea can sign under-16 players from the UK during the suspension period.

“The Fifa appeal committee has decided to partially uphold the appeal lodged by Chelsea,” Fifa said in a statement on Wednesday.

“This ban applied to the club as a whole – with the exception of the women’s and futsal teams – and did not prevent the release of players.”

Also, Chelsea’s fine of £460,000 by world football’s governing body also remains.

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