Chelsea face 74 charges over alleged breaches of agent rules

Chelsea were charged by the Football Association connected Thursday with 74 alleged breaches of rules related to payments to agents betwixt 2009 and 2022.

The FA said the charges chiefly subordinate to the play betwixt the 2010/11 and 2015/16 seasons. The Premier League nine has until September 19 to respond.

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich transformed Chelsea’s fortunes aft buying the westbound London nine successful 2003.

He sold the Blues successful May 2022 to a consortium led by American capitalist Todd Boehly and backstage equity steadfast Clearlake Capital.

Chelsea issued a connection saying the nine were “pleased to corroborate that its engagement with the FA concerning matters that were self-reported by the nine is present reaching a conclusion”.

“The club’s ownership radical completed its acquisition of the nine connected May 30, 2022,” the connection said.

“During a thorough owed diligence process anterior to completion of the purchase, the ownership radical became alert of perchance incomplete fiscal reporting concerning humanities transactions and different imaginable breaches of FA rules.

“Immediately upon the completion of the purchase, the nine self-reported these matters to each applicable regulators, including the FA.”

Chelsea said they had “demonstrated unprecedented transparency” and would proceed moving with the FA.

In July 2023, Chelsea agreed a solution with European football’s governing assemblage to manus implicit 10 cardinal euros ($11.7 million, £8.6 million) aft owning up to “incomplete fiscal reporting” nether the Abramovich regime.

UEFA said it had been “proactively” approached with the accusation by Chelsea’s caller ownership group.

Abramovich was sanctioned by the British government successful March 2022 pursuing Russia’s penetration of Ukraine.

He was described by ministers arsenic portion of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interior ellipse but has denied fiscal ties to the Kremlin.

In June this twelvemonth the British authorities threatened the erstwhile Chelsea proprietor with ineligible enactment implicit the frozen £2.5 cardinal generated from the merchantability of the club.

Ministers privation the funds to beryllium directed towards humanitarian purposes successful Ukraine, but the oligarch insists they beryllium utilized for each victims of the conflict, including successful Russia.

The station Chelsea look 74 charges implicit alleged breaches of cause rules appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.