Chelsea fined £10 million, given suspended transfer ban for breaching agent rules

LONDON: CHELSEA have been fined £10 million ($13m) and handed a suspended two-window transfer ban after admitting 74 breaches of Football Association agents rules.

The club were initially given a suspended six-point deduction along with the fine but following a successful appeal, the points penalty has now been replaced by the suspended transfer ban.

The breaches relate to FA regulations covering agents, working with intermediaries and third party investment in players.

The club’s new owners self-reported the breaches to the football authorities in 2022, when they were in the process of buying the club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

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The six-point deduction, suspended until June 30, 2027 was imposed by the independent commission which initially heard the case but the club appealed against that.

Chelsea have previously entered sanction settlements in regard to this matter with the Premier League and UEFA.