Chelsea fined £10M, avoid points reduction for breaching agent rules

Agence France-Presse ·
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 14: A general view of Stamford Bridge during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge on March 14, 2026 in London, United Kingdom.
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Chelsea were fined £10 million ($13.4 million) and given a suspended two-window transfer ban on Friday after an appeal hearing into sanctions imposed for multiple breaches of Football Association rules.

The club were initially given a suspended six-point deduction along with a fine but the points penalty has now been replaced by the suspended registration ban.

The club had admitted to 74 breaches of FA regulations covering agents, working with intermediaries and third-party investment in players.

Chelsea's new owners self-reported the breaches to football authorities in 2022, when they were in the process of buying the club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

The six-point deduction, suspended until June 30, 2027, was imposed by the independent commission that initially heard the case but the club appealed against that.

An appeal board instead replaced the points penalty with the suspended two-window transfer ban.

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