FIFA this month denied Chelsea's request to freeze the ban during the appeal process.
Chelsea may take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, as other clubs have done in the past.
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(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
