NewzLONDON: CHELSEA have been fined £10 million ($13m) and handed a suspended two-window transfer ban after admitting 74 breaches of Football Association agents rules. The club were initially given a suspended six-point deduction along with the fine but following a successful appeal, the points penalty has now been replaced by the suspended transfer ban. The breaches relate to FA regulations covering agents, working with intermediaries and third party investment in players.
The club’s new owners self-reported the breaches to the football authorities in 2022, when they were in the process of buying the club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. ALSO READ: ‘We’ve never seen a team do this to PSG’ – how Chelsea won Club World Cup The six-point deduction, suspended until June 30, 2027 was imposed by the independent commission which initially heard the case but the club appealed against that. Chelsea have previously entered sanction settlements in regard to this matter with the Premier League and UEFA.
The post Chelsea fined £10 million, given suspended transfer ban for breaching agent rules appeared first on Daily News. Club escape suspended six-point deduction on appealOwners admitted secret payments by previous regimeChelsea have been fined £10m by the FA and served with a suspended transfer ban for multiple violations of transfer rules during the Roman Abramovich era.The sanction reflects a similar punishment handed to the Blues by the Premier League earlier this year after the club were found to have used unlicensed agents and sought to obscure the nature of their transfer dealings between 2009 and 2022. Deals involving Chelsea legends Samuel Eto’o, Eden Hazard and Willian were among those found to have breached the rules.
The commission originally handed down a stronger sanction that would have given Chelsea a suspended six-point deduction, but it was overturned after an appeal by the club. By Adegboyega Adeleye Chelsea have been fined £10 million and handed a suspended two-window transfer ban after admitting to 74 breaches of Football Association rules relating to secret payments made to agents and third parties during the Roman Abramovich era. According to the BBC, the sanctions, announced by the FA on Friday, conclude a lengthy investigation triggered after the club’s current owners, led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, voluntarily reported the historical breaches following their takeover of Chelsea in May 2022.
The FA said Chelsea admitted making £47 million in undisclosed payments to unregistered agents and third parties in connection with player transfers completed between 2011 and 2018. An Independent Regulatory Commission initially imposed a six-point deduction, suspended until June 30, 2027, alongside the £10m fine. However, following an appeal by the club, the suspended points deduction was overturned and replaced with a two-window registration ban, which has also been suspended until June 30, 2027.
The £10m fine remains in place and will be invested into grassroots football across England. According to reports, the transfers investigated are believed to include deals involving former Chelsea stars Eden Hazard, Samuel Eto’o and Willian, all completed during Abramovich’s ownership. The FA confirmed it is continuing to investigate potential individual misconduct arising from the case.
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