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Post by Dominic on Aug 2, 2006 7:13:45 GMT -5
Leeds chairman Ken Bates has called for Chelsea to have points deducted or be banned from playing in Europe after reporting the Barclays Premiership champions to the Football Association for allegedly poaching two young players.
Bates has accused Chelsea of making alleged illegal approaches to three former Leeds academy players, Tom Taiwo, Michael Woods and Daniel Rose last summer.
Woods and Taiwo moved to Chelsea towards the end of last season, and Rose stayed with Leeds.
The former Chelsea chairman stated he would also be making an official complaint to disciplinary chiefs of both FIFA and UEFA.
Bates told Sky Sports News: "We want to be compensated for the amount of work that has been put into developing the players.
"Recently Chelsea have been involved in another squabble with another player, this time with Manchester United (John Obi Mikel) and they had to pay £16million for that.
"That puts the £200,000 they have offered us in perspective."
The Football Association said they have not yet received an official complaint from Leeds.
An FA spokesman said: "We have had communication from Leeds United on this subject but as yet no formal complaint.
"If this was received, we would give it due consideration."
Any official complaint would come under the FA's jurisdiction - rather than the Premier League or Football League - because the two clubs involved are not in the same division.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 2, 2006 8:45:30 GMT -5
get in there!! god i hope something comes of this. Chelsea represent all that is bad in football today (boring football, tapping up players, rich owner, prob illegal money, buying players just so other clubs cant have them -- SWP, fucked up manager....0 the sooner the Roman Empire falls, the better....they wont last 3 more years, and i feel this yr they will finally crack fuckin chelsea
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