CHELSEA FINED £10M AND GIVEN SUSPENDED TRANSFER BAN BY FA OVER AGENT BREACHES

Club escape suspended six-point deduction on appeal Owners admitted secret payments by previous regime Chelsea have been fined £10m by the FA and served with a suspended transfer ban for multiple violations of transfer… The sanction reflects a similar punishment handed to the Blues by the Premier League earlier this year after the club was found to have used unlicensed agents and sought to obscure the nature of their transfer dealings…

Sport | The Guardian reports that club escape suspended six-point deduction on appeal Owners admitted secret payments by previous regime Chelsea have been fined £10m by the FA and served with a suspended transfer ban for multiple violations of transfer…

The report adds: The sanction reflects a similar punishment handed to the Blues by the Premier League earlier this year after the club was found to have used unlicensed agents and sought to obscure the nature of their transfer dealings…

Deals involving Chelsea legends Samuel Eto’o, Eden Hazard and Willian were amongst those found to have breached the rules.

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