Overview
- The league levied a £10.75 million fine and a one‑year first‑team registration ban suspended for two years, plus an immediate nine‑month academy registration ban and roughly €900,000 youth fine.
- Investigators documented more than 30 undisclosed payments exceeding £47 million to unregistered agents and other third parties tied to transfers including Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matic, André Schürrle, David Luiz, Ramires, Samuel Eto’o and Willian.
- Many payments were routed through third‑party accounts, including in the British Virgin Islands, and kept off the club’s books, according to the league’s report.
- The Premier League said Chelsea would not have breached Profit and Sustainability rules had the sums been properly recorded, and it cited self‑reporting, an admission of wrongdoing and exceptional cooperation as mitigation.
- The youth registration ban applies to signings from Premier League and EFL clubs with immediate effect, while a separate FA case with a reported 74 charges remains pending.