Chelsea are facing a massive fine after being hit with 74 FA charges for breaking agent rules in the Roman Abramovich era
A Wembley statement announced the charges this morning.
It said: “The Football Association has today charged Chelsea FC with breaches of regulations J1 and C2 of the FA Football Agent regulations, regulations A2 and A3 of the FA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries and regulations A1 and B3 of the FA Third Party Investment in Players Regulations.
“In total, 74 charges have been brought against Chelsea FC.
“Conduct that is the subject of the charges ranges from 2009 to 2022 and finality relates to events which occurred between the 2010-11 the 2015-16 playing seasons.
“Chelsea FC has until 19 September 2025 to respond.”
SunSport understands that the charges relate to other deals for overseas-based players but not for any of their domestic signings.
Chelsea’s managers over the period under specific investigation were Carlo Ancelotti, Andre Villas-Boas, Roberto Di Matteo, Rafa Benitez, Jose Mourinho and Gus Hiddink.
That five season spell saw them win the Champions League, Europa League and all three major domestic trophies.
Making the payments directly to the intermediaries involved and not putting any of them through the club’s official accounts, meant they were not included in Chelea’s PSR calculations for the years in question.Ironically, it is understood that had they been, Chelsea would still not have breached their PSR limits in the seasons in question, confirmed by the major accountancy firm brought in by the current Blues board to investigate.
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