A suspended ban is absolutely pathetic. The FA are an utter joke.
Chelsea 26/27 - Definitely going to win the league.
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You guys need to up your game. You're also ffp rulebreakers but your fines are nowhere near ours.When I saw this I genuinely thought to myself that I bet you latch onto the grassroots bit and make it look like you’re doing an equivalent of social responsibility.
Shameful stuff really (from you lot)
We’re morally bankrupt
They’ve made 12 signings this window. Absolutely insane what they’ve been allowed to do.
Yes but we’re a big club. We do what we want.
Yeah may as well have not even punished them
Only skimming through this thread. I assume this is extra charges to do with the punishment they got in Feb/March?
Total nonsense if this is something else given panel back then could've given Chelsea a points deduction but decided against it. Report I read referred to Clearlake self-reporting the breaches when takeover was being completed so assume it's charges that needed more time to look at.
Just a shrug of shoulders from pretty much everyone but perhaps if clubs keep doing this annually then maybe it's time to deduct points eventually like with Forest and Everton....Are breaches of PSR worse than paying agents more than allowed.....?
Total nonsense if this is something else given panel back then could've given Chelsea a points deduction but decided against it. Report I read referred to Clearlake self-reporting the breaches when takeover was being completed so assume it's charges that needed more time to look at.
Just a shrug of shoulders from pretty much everyone but perhaps if clubs keep doing this annually then maybe it's time to deduct points eventually like with Forest and Everton....Are breaches of PSR worse than paying agents more than allowed.....?
The March one was the Premier League, this one is the FA. For different things (Premier League was youth player signing shadyness, the FA one was agent payment shadyness).
There was also a UEFA one where we got a similar fine.
All were self reported by the new ownership basically saying "you three missed all this, we found out when we bought the club, please be gentle".
When Clearlake and co bought the club, they set aside a lot of cash to cover fine for historic stuff done by Roman but I think the total fines have added up to about £30 million (which is way less than the £100 odd million that was reported to have been set aside for fines).
Mudryk back as well today. Not sure if he's been cleared or they've just reduced his ban length
Kinda both.
They've reduced his ban because they've changed the rules, and the tiny amount of meldonium that was in his blood would not be a fail anymore.
Should have had 130 breaches against FA rules, then wouldn’t even have had to pay a fine.
Whats with ban and suspension? Why ban something if youre gonna suspend it!! thats useless better not announce anything then
It's ridiculous.So sporting advantage by breaching the rules, what a joke
The rule breach was not reporting certain payments . If the payments had been reported, they'd have been within the rules. That's why there was no sporting advantage in this case.So sporting advantage by breaching the rules, what a joke
I swear these bans are virtually always suspended. It doesn’t really feel like any sort of deterrent.
The thing about Chelsea is that their leadership is a joke.
It doesn’t matter how many players you bring in if you are just buying for the sake of it. Since 22/23 they’ve spent over £500 million on defenders. They now have 10 centre backs which Alonso wants to trim to 5. The centre mid position says it all. They have an abundance of options and are apparently wanting Alex Scott. They are basically ruining young players careers. Come to Chelsea and disappear or do well and we’ll replace you with a player who’s just of equal standard next season anyway. The model is crazy. They aren’t buying better players they are just buying players. Rodger’s might buck that trend.
It doesn’t matter how many players you bring in if you are just buying for the sake of it. Since 22/23 they’ve spent over £500 million on defenders. They now have 10 centre backs which Alonso wants to trim to 5. The centre mid position says it all. They have an abundance of options and are apparently wanting Alex Scott. They are basically ruining young players careers. Come to Chelsea and disappear or do well and we’ll replace you with a player who’s just of equal standard next season anyway. The model is crazy. They aren’t buying better players they are just buying players. Rodger’s might buck that trend.
What a joke. Why are Chelsea constantly avoiding points deductions when their breaches are significantly more egregious than what’s going out at other clubs who get the book thrown at them?
Chelsea are like that little bastard in school that was naughty as shit but got rewarded when they were slightly good and the teachers didn't bother punishing them properly
Chalobah to Como for £25m + £5m in add-ons and a sell on %.
I liked Trev, hope he does well with Fabregas.
I liked Trev, hope he does well with Fabregas.
The sum withheld was £150m.
When you factor in the legal and administrative costs alongside the sum needed to settle with HMRC it’s easy to see why their club in the 2/25 accounts suggest that the £150m won’t cover all the sums that have cropped up
The problem is they desperately need sales and clubs know this.
Love the trolling and jinxing in the title of this thread
I think Alonso made a significant career mistake getting in bed with the trainwreck that is modern Chelsea, especially after a disappointingly short spell at Real Madrid. His loved ones should have advised him that sheer will of a head coach is not sufficient for results in Premier League. Doesn't feel he knows what he got himself into and that probably means he learned nothing at Real.
Welp, only Chelsea fans should be worried about that. The rest of us are here for entertainment...
I think Alonso made a significant career mistake getting in bed with the trainwreck that is modern Chelsea, especially after a disappointingly short spell at Real Madrid. His loved ones should have advised him that sheer will of a head coach is not sufficient for results in Premier League. Doesn't feel he knows what he got himself into and that probably means he learned nothing at Real.
Welp, only Chelsea fans should be worried about that. The rest of us are here for entertainment...
Yeah... They changed their name legally before going to college (changed owners) and their "criminal record" in high school was sealed, so they got to get a clean start, as if nothing ever happened
We're trying to keep the market sensible. You madlads paying £50 mil or a backup midfielder has inflated everything.
It was £48m and it’s looking like an absolute steal! Dreamy.
Don't think many would agree with you. I personally think he's worth more but I think I'm in an ever dwindling group.
Hardly any fans outside of Chelsea rate him and lots of Chelsea fans think he's meh too.
I think he’s worth around 40 in the current market.
It does feel you’re letting players go cheap this summer.
There was no takers at that price. That was the original ask I believe. Inter were interested but walked away. Como is only club that stayed at the negotiating table, so it seems like we met them halfway.
Didn't see this one coming.
Are they light in midfield or is is for the bants like England?
Surely won’t go down well in Liverpool..
Surely they don't care about a ridiculously past it Henderson. I can only assume the Chelsea mascot is looking for retirement
Terrible dye job.
They hate Chelsea and I’m sure it will tarnish his reputation
Wait till they see who or manager is!
They'll be desperate to beat you, to show everyone that they're better than Alonso.
However, their defense...oof.
Imo Chelsea, arsenal and United are the most likely teams to challenge for the league next season. Chelsea if alonso manages very well like i think he can and has done in the past, United because they made great progress under Carrick and arsenal because they have the best manager in the league atm andhave consistentcy, I would say.
I find the writing off of City and the propping up of Chelsea kind of strange. What makes Chelsea more likely to challenge for the league than City, who have a relatively freshened squad who have all now experienced a title race to the end (for their newer players), plus they best pure striker in the world.
None of Chelsea's players have been involved in title races besides the seniors they signed last week. And there's not that big a gulf in quality between the managers to make up for City who still have the superior players and squad.