Published in Law In Sport, 20 June 2019.

Following the Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid cases, Chelsea Football Club (Chelsea) were the latest high-profile club to be sanctioned by FIFA for alleged violations relating to Article 19 of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (FIFA RSTP) and the international transfers of minor players. 

Inspired from the CAS procedure in the Chelsea case involving the transfer of minor football players, this paper addresses questions such as the appeal of a decision without grounds or the request provisional measures prior to the filing of the appeal brief