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Chelsea fined £10.75m and given suspended transfer ban over historical rule-breaking (www.theguardian.com)

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Chelsea have been fined £10.75m by the Premier League and given a one-window transfer ban, suspended for two years, over historical breaches of regulations under the ownership of Roman Abramovich

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

Unsurprisingly, there aren’t really any consequences:

The fact that the first-team transfer ban is suspended means that Chelsea may suffer limited consequences, if any, as a result of breaking the rules. The owners have a buffer against the cost of any sanctions imposed by the FA or Premier League, thanks to a “holdback” clause inserted into the takeover deal by the Clearlake consortium that bought Chelsea from Abramovich.