A stain in the tablecloth of the current Club World Cup champion has appeared in recent hours.
Chelsea is the protagonist of a story that baffles England but does not surprise, because there were suspicions of possible irregular handles years ago.
Case scandal since 2009
The English Federation (FA) formally accused the London Club for violating the rules of players between 2009 and 2016. Specifically, agents, intermediaries and investors outside the club are suspected, could generate large punishments.
The English press records alleged irregularities that “refer mainly to payments to agents that have not been correctly declared in the books.”
According to The Times, “now an independent regulatory commission will be created to examine the charges, which may impose a series of sanctions ranging from economic fines and prohibitions of signings to dot deductions. The authorities face the dilemma of to what extent the new owners must assume responsibility for the actions of the previous regime.”
And it is that the curiosity of this case is that they have been the neuvos owners, posteros to the Abramovich era, when Chelsea was even champion of Champions League, which contributed the tests and records that would prove the infractions before the FA.
Although a few months ago it was already learned that between February 2023 and February 2024 El Chelsea had paid more than 80 million euros in commissions to agents, the accusation on which the FA focuses now corresponds to the time when the Russian oligarch Roman Roman Abramovich was the owner of the club. These “secret payments” helped the London team close the signings, among others, by Eden Hazard, Willian or Samuel Eto’o.
Egún The Times, “now an independent regulatory commission will be created to examine the charges, which may impose a series of sanctions ranging from economic fines and prohibitions of signings to points deductions. The authorities face the dilemma of to what extent the new owners must assume responsibility for the actions of the previous regime.”
While these are historical accusations, Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly, the current owners of Chelsea, were very transparent when alerting the relevant authorities about the alleged violations.
It is expected for a definitive failure in a case that ashamed of the champion, although it could relieve the penalty thanks to his collaboration.
