Bates reports Chelsea in 'poaching' claim

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 £16m (€23.4m) for that.

“That puts the £200,000 (€293,000) they have offered us in perspective.”