Chelsea's Wesley Fofana smiles as he takes part in a team training session at the Chelsea training ground in Cobham, west of London. -AFP PICLONDON: Chelsea have been fined £10.75 million (US$14.27 million) and received a suspended one-year transfer ban in relation to historical breaches of Premier League rules, it was announced on Monday. The London club have also been hit with an immediate nine-month academy transfer ban, the Premier League said. The Premier League found that between 2011 and 2018, undisclosed payments by third parties associated with Chelsea were made to players, unregistered agents and others. Officials said that Chelsea's "proactive self-reporting, admissions of breach and exceptional co-operation" were also mitigating circumstances when it came to deciding the severity of the punishments to be imposed upon the west London side.

Source: New Strait Times March 16, 2026 16:20 UTC