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Chelsea on a roll

Fri Nov 06 05:05PM

Chelsea-haters have been given yet more ammunition to fire in the general direction of Stamford Bridge after the CAS decision to suspend their transfer ban. Just look at some of the comments on the original story. But that bile is unlikely to be of concern to Chelsea. The initial decision following the Gael Kakuta affair…More

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