Chelsea have been fined £10 million ($13.4m) and given a suspended transfer ban following an investigation into 74 alleged breaches of the English Football Association’s regulations. The club were also initially hit with a suspended six-point deduction by an independent regulatory commission, which handed out the punishments, before this was overturned on appeal. Chelsea were instead given a two-window transfer ban, which is suspended until June 30, 2027. The FA can apply to activate that ban if any Chelsea are deemed to have potentially committed any similar breaches. The breaches relate to a period of time between 2009 and 2022 and “primarily events that occurred between the 2010-11 to 2015-16 playing seasons” — when Roman Abramovich was still owner of Chelsea — the FA said. The latest decision brings the amount of money Chelsea have been fined to more than £18m, after UEFA imposed a €10 million (£8.6m, $11m at the time) sanction in July 2023 concerning the same offences. ...
Real Madrid have reported record financial revenues for the third successive season They are the first club to break through the £1.2bn revenue barrier: https://onefootball.com/fr/news/real-madrid-break-revenue-record-again-with-santiago-bernabeu-behind-massive-growth-43204523 The renovation of the Bernabeu stadium is paying off with a doubling of stadium revenues. Now the club has to ensure that their financial firepower brings rewards on the pitch.