Zidane won't be put off by Chelsea transfer ban and will still be given £200m to spend
The Blues are set to appeal and will be allowed to make moves this summer before their two-window suspension kicks in
Posted Saturday, February 23, 2019 by Thesun.co.uk
Zinedine Zidane has not been put off taking over at Chelsea by their transfer ban
ZINEDINE ZIDANE won't be put off by Chelsea's transfer ban - and will still be given a monstrous £200million to spend.
Earlier today, Fifa hit the Blues with a two-window transfer suspension for the illegal recruitment of 29 young players.
Chelsea are set to appeal the devastating punishment and could now be allowed to make moves this summer before their two-window suspension kicks in.
With that in mind, sources claim Zidane will still take the top job at Stamford Bridge with Maurizio Sarri hanging by a thread.
The former Real Madrid boss, 46, has been out of management since leaving the Bernabeu at the end of last season.
But he is more than happy to arrive in West London and splash an obscene amount of money knowing that's the squad he will be stuck with for around 18 months.
Should Chelsea get their way, they will make a host of signings this summer - with Mauro Icardi tipped to join - and then be banned from further investment until January 2021.
Zidane will also hope to land Isco, Alex Telles and Kalidou Koulibaly in a major overhaul, having been installed as the bookies' favourite to take over in West London.
However, the Blues do face competition for Zizou's signature from the boss' former club, Juventus.
Fifa had looked at more than 100 deals in their major probe, with Chelsea also fined £460,000 and given 90 days “to regularise the situation of the minor players concerned”.
The Stamford Bridge club argued the vast majority of the player cases involved short-term trialists at the Cobham academy who did not sign for the club.
But one of the key planks of Fifa’s case was the signing of flying winger Bertrand Traore.
The Burkina Faso international officially joined the club in January 2014 but played in a number of youth team games when he was just 16.
It was claimed that Chelsea paid £154,000 to the player’s mother and a further £13,000 to his former club in Burkina Faso.
Fifa are understood to believe the club paid his fees at Whitgift School in Croydon, where former Blues defender Colin Pates is head of football.
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