. The complaint was referred to the body 's Disciplinary Resolution Chamber -LRB- DRC -RRB- who decided to impose a ban on any further player recruitment by last season 's Champions League semifinalists . Have FIFA made the right decision ? Sound Off below . A statement on FIFA 's official Web site read : `` The DRC found that the player had indeed breached a contract signed with the French club . `` Equally , the DRC deemed it to be established that the English club induced the player to such a breach . As a result the player was condemned to pay compensation in the amount of $ 780,000 -LRB- $ 1.1 million -RRB- , for which the club , Chelsea , are jointly and severally liable , and sporting sanctions were imposed on both the player and Chelsea in accordance with art. 17 par . 3 and 4 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players . '' Kakuta , who was voted the side 's academy player of the year in his first 12 months with Chelsea , received a personal suspension of four months as a result of the ruling . `` Chelsea
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- English Premier League side Chelsea have said they will mount the `` strongest appeal possible '' following the transfer ban placed on the club by world football 's governing body FIFA . English Premier League side Chelsea have been banned by FIFA from signing any new players until 2011 The punishment , which would prevent any new member joining the squad until 2011 , was dished out after the club were found to have `` induced '' Gael Kukuta to breach his contract in a transfer from French league side Lens in 2007 . In a statement on their official Web site , Chelsea announced their plan to : `` Mount the strongest appeal possible following the decision of FIFA 's Dispute Resolution Chamber over Gaël Kakuta . `` The sanctions are without precedent to this level and totally disproportionate to the alleged offence and the financial penalty imposed . We can not comment further until we receive the full written rationale for this extraordinarily arbitrary decision , '' the statement concluded . The ruling came after Lens complained to FIFA that Chelsea had acted improperly over the transfer of 18-year-old left-winger Kakuta two years ago