Chelsea charged with 74 alleged breaches of FA regulations over 13-year period

Chelsea seems to have gotten themselves into quite a mess. The Blues have been hit by the news that the FA has decided to charge the Stamford Bridge club for breaches of regulations regarding football agents and intermediaries, covering offences between 2009 and 2022, particularly for events that occurred in 2010-2011 and 2015-16. 

During this period, the club was run by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who was expelled in March 2022 as chairman of the London club by the Premier League after the start of the war between Ukraine and Russia, as the UK government froze his assets for having "close ties to the Kremlin".

“The Football Association has today charged Chelsea FC with breaches of Regulations J1 and C2 of the FA Football Agents Regulations, Regulations A2 and A3 of the FA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries, and Regulations A1 and B3 of the FA Third Party Investment in Player Regulations. In total, 74 charges have been brought against Chelsea FC.

“The conduct that is the subject of the charges range from 2009 to 2022 and primarily relates to events that occurred between the 2010-11 to 2015-16 playing seasons," reads the statemtent published by the FA.