‘The Premier League is surprisingly lenient’: did Chelsea get off lighly?

Rob Davies Mon, 16 March 2026 at 8:31 pm UTC·4 min read The Premier League’s judgment against Chelsea for breaking football’s rules – during an eight-year trophy spree under Roman Abramovich – concludes that the club . The breaches, more than 30 of them, relate to at least £47m in off-book payments linked to landmark deals for star players, including Eden Hazard, Willian, David Luiz and Nemanja Matic.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Related: Chelsea’s Reece James an England World Cup doubt with hamstring injury Many of these secret transactions, routed through Abramovich’s network of offfshore companies, were revealed in an investigation published by the Guardian and international...