Chelsea has been fined 10.8 million pounds for violations in the era of Roman Abramovich.In addition to the fine, the #London club received a one-year transfer ban suspended for two years for illegal payments to agents and others. A nine-month ba...
...n on transfers from the academy was also imposed.The English Premier League is investigating the secret payments that Chelsea made between 2011 and 2018.Information about illegal transactions surfaced during a review of financial and legal documentation in 2022, when the new American owners acquired the club from Abramovich. The new owners themselves reported the violations to the Premier League, the Football Association of England and UEFA. As a result, the club was charged with 74 counts...
....In July 2023, UEFA fined Chelsea 10 million euros (8.6 million pounds) for incomplete financial statements in 2018-2019. At least six suspicious payments to offshore companies related to money transfers have been identified. The seven-figure payments were not reflected in the accounts that the club submitted to the football authorities at the time. It is assumed that the investigation concerned the transfers of Eden Hazard, Samuel Eto'o and Andreas Christiansen.Due to the expiration of th...
...e five-year statute of limitations, UEFA cannot punish Chelsea for violations before the 2017/18 season. The Premier League did not set a statute of limitations.