Chelsea investigated by Premier League for potential monetary rule breaches throughout Abramovich period
Chelsea FC are being investigated by the Premier League for potential monetary rule breaches throughout Roman Abramovich’s possession of the membership.
The US-led consortium, which owns Chelsea, reported its personal membership to UEFA and the Premier League after their takeover final summer season.
At current, Chelsea has not been charged with something by the Premier League.
If they had been discovered responsible of rule breaches, sanctions may embody a superb or a factors deduction.
On 28 July, UEFA introduced that they had fined Chelsea €10m (£8.6m) for “submitting incomplete financial information” between 2012 and 2019.
Chelsea just isn’t commenting.
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Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea final 12 months
Abramovich’s 19-year tenure as Chelsea proprietor got here to an finish in May 2022.
He had been sanctioned by the UK authorities months earlier following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – with Downing Street saying he had confirmed hyperlinks to President Vladimir Putin.
Chelsea was bought in a £4.25bn deal to a bunch majority-funded by Clearlake Capital, a Californian funding agency, and spearheaded by the LA Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.