Chelsea have been fined £10.75m by the Premier League and given a one-window transfer ban, suspended for two years, over historical breaches of regulations under the ownership of Roman Abramovich

Chelsea have been fined £10.75m by the Premier League and given a one-window transfer ban, suspended for two years, over historical breaches of regulations under the ownership of Roman Abramovich

  • jjpamsterdam@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    So, a slap on the wrist it is. As usual you just need to be rich enough and rules somehow can be bent and broken without any substantial risk.

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineOPEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Unsurprisingly, there aren’t really any consequences:

    The fact that the first-team transfer ban is suspended means that Chelsea may suffer limited consequences, if any, as a result of breaking the rules. The owners have a buffer against the cost of any sanctions imposed by the FA or Premier League, thanks to a “holdback” clause inserted into the takeover deal by the Clearlake consortium that bought Chelsea from Abramovich.