Chelsea's Goal Machine Rips Through Defenses Again!
Chelsea have been handed a Premier League record fine of £10. 75m and a suspended transfer ban. It was a result of the club making secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018.
With the Blues enjoying so much success after signing star players through secret payments, did they get off lightly?
[Getty Images] Chelsea have been handed a Premier League record fine of £10. 75m and a suspended transfer ban. It was a result of the club making secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018.
With the Blues enjoying so much success after signing star players through secret payments, did they get off lightly? If the club had not been so co-operative they faced a much tougher financial penalty and potentially a points deduction. The starting point was the aggravating factors - length of time of the wrongdoing, the size of payments, that they were made with the knowledge of senior figures and the seriousness of the breaches.
The Premier League Board concluded Chelsea should be fined £20m with a transfer ban for two complete and consecutive windows. But there were mitigating factors to take into account. BlueCo, which bought Chelsea out of Abramovich's ownership, self-reported the breaches once it had looked through the club's books.