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Chelsea fined £10 million, given suspended transfer ban for breaching agent rules: FA
Samira Vishwas | July 31, 2026 11:24 PM CST

Chelsea has been fined £10 million ($13.4 million) and given a suspended two-window transfer ban after admitting breaches of agent rules, the FA announced on Friday.

The club was initially given a suspended six-point deduction along with a fine but the points penalty has now been replaced by the suspended registration ban.

The club had admitted to 74 breaches of FA regulations covering agents, working with intermediaries and third-party investment in players.

Chelsea’s new owners self-reported the breaches to football authorities in 2022, when they were in the process of buying the club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

The six-point deduction, suspended until June 30, 2027, was imposed by the independent commission that initially heard the case but the club appealed against that.

An appeal board instead replaced the points penalty with the suspended two-window transfer ban.

Published on Jul 31, 2026


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