Chelsea have taken their appeal against a two-window transfer ban imposed by Fifa to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The Blues are not allowed to buy players until the end of January 2020 and failed with their first appeal to the world governing body.
It followed an investigation into their signing of foreign under-18 players.
The transfer window closes on 8 August and Cas said "it is not possible" to say when it will make a decision.
The Blues are also appealing against their £460,000 fine.
Chelsea had a number of high-profile players out on loan last season that they can call on, including Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa), Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), Victor Moses (Fenerbahce), Kenedy (Newcastle), Tiemoue Bakayoko (AC Milan) and Kurt Zouma (Everton).
They also had dozens of youth players out on loan.
Cacbelnosy
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i want the appeal to be denied so that we can learn how to give our young players a chance to grow,i think Chelsea don't need new signing at this time if we find the right Coach,why can't we take Luis Enrique to be our Coach or why we don't take the Ajax Coach to come transform Chelsea as he did with Ajax i think Chelsea have talented players than Ajax if they are given the opportunity,Zouma,Mason,James,Tammy,Odoi,Christen,Pulisic,Luft cheek,Emerson Ola Aina why do you want new signing when you have such good talented boys who want opportunities to produce good results,plz save the money for next season and give this boys a chance to grow
TheeRealGhettokid
297
Hope it works, we need Hazards replacement, next season without his Replacement and without a good coach we might turn into another Manchester United
iiambartholomew
254
I just wish they deny us so we could groom our academy players. Use the talented youth more.
dezbdios
227
Unnecessary move from chelsea board. Look, by the time CAS come out with their decision, wether positive or negative, we would have ran out of time for crucial signings, leave alone negotiate and arrive at the right price for each player. This could push us to panic and end up in unnecessary overspending. Meanwhile as we wait,world class players(potential hazard replacement) are being taken.
PepRichie
190
They've been appealing since Christmas 😂😂
Fizaeopsuz
153
Basically the ban is no longer effective until the appeal has been heard and a ruling made. So Chelsea can sign players in this or any other transfer window until a ruling has been made on that appeal.
zoekid
94
When you realize Hazard is actually leaving