Chelsea have been fined £10m and handed a suspended transfer ban after admitting making £47m in secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018. The £10m fine is the largest ever imposed by the Premier League, topping the £5.5m fine given to West Ham United in 2007 over the signings of Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez. However, the Blues avoided a sporting sanction, such as a points deduction, for what the Premier League called "voluntarily self-reporting... historical breaches of rules". A separate FA disciplinary process investigating alleged "use of and the making of payments to unregistered agents" is ongoing. Chelsea won two Premier League titles, two FA Cups, one Champions League, one Europa League and one League Cup between the period of 2011-2018.

Source: BBC March 16, 2026 19:23 UTC