By LUKE POWER, SPORTS REPORTER
Published: 09:07 EDT, 16 March 2026 | Updated: 09:15 EDT, 16 March 2026
Chelsea have been hit with a record ban of £10.75million, an academy transfer ban and a suspended first-team transfer ban by the Premier League over illicit payments to agents and other individuals.
The Premier League completed two separate disciplinary processes after the club voluntarily self-reported potential historical breaches of rules.
A Premier League statement today read: 'The Premier League has concluded two separate disciplinary processes involving Chelsea Football Club, following the Club voluntarily self-reporting potential historical breaches of rules.
'Two sanction agreements have been ratified by an independent Commission under which Chelsea FC has accepted fines totalling £10.75 million for breaches of the Premier League’s rules relating to Financial Reporting, Third Party Investment and Youth Development
'The Club has been sanctioned by the Premier League with an immediate nine-month Academy Transfer ban and a suspended one-year first-team player transfer ban (suspended for two years).'
More to follow.