Chelsea fined £10m for breaching agent rules
The FA announce £10m fine and suspended two-window registration ban for Chelsea from breaches related to Abramovich era It should be a cause for reflection given that Abramovich takeover is seen as an original sin in football privatisation, as so many now decry commercialism.
Danny Newman5Had they been given a hefty points deduction, I would agree. But a fine that small is a slap on the wrist to Chelsea. Meanwhile Forest and Everton got point deductions.
Dave Robinson4Meanwhile Everton get a record points deduction and a record financial penalty for relatively minor breaches. Chelsea, it seems, can act with impunity from anything other than constant slaps on the wrist.
Sarah3Any info on why the two-window registration ban has been suspended?
Mick Muldoon1£10m is hilariously small, like the $40m for associations. And how much is Guimaraes worth? Over £70m? The new Old Trafford over a billion quid?
Economics Teacher1Any trophies won during that period should be rescinded. Don’t care who is now in charge, they won them by having an unfair advantage over other teams who were playing within the rules
Well, the final whistle on Chelsea FC's financial cheating under Abramovich seems to have blown. The Guardian and our reporting partners practically put it on a plate for the FA and Premier League. They blazed it over the bar. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Chelsea fined £10m for didgy payments to football agents over a lengthy period. Or in monetary terms 3 fingers of Morgan Rogers left hand. Fines to mega rich clubs are an occupational hazard and an unlikely deterrent. A player transfer ban for 2 years now that would be a proper deterrent. #lufc
MartinC2There should have been a points deduction. Big clubs getting away with murder again.
Brian Yeadon2A delay in the Man City verdict due to the time it’s taking to design and construct the Infantino trophy that will be handed out for the most creative management of finances by a single club
Nobbylufc1Dread to think what would to Leeds if they had any financial irregularities Demotion a division,15 point deduction and a 25 million fine,but Chelsea,city and others bend and break the rules with little or no punishment
