Overview
- Chelsea was fined about £10.75 million, given a one-year senior player registration ban suspended for two years, and hit with a nine-month restriction on registering certain academy players already tied to Premier League or EFL clubs.
- The penalties stem from illicit payments to agents and other individuals between 2011 and 2018 during Roman Abramovich’s ownership.
- The Athletic reports more than £23 million was routed to seven unlicensed agents or associated entities linked to seven signings, including Eden Hazard, Ramires, David Luiz, André Schürrle, Nemanja Matic, Willian, and Samuel Eto’o.
- The Premier League said its review found no breach of the competition’s profit and sustainability limits for the period assessed.
- A separate FA investigation into 74 alleged breaches related to agent and intermediary payments from 2009 to 2022 remains ongoing.