Chelsea FC fined millions over secret payments under Abramovich ownership

Chelsea F.C. have been given a record fine for secretive rule-breaching payments revealed as part of ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential investigation

— but

has avoided a points deduction.

The London-based Premier League club was fined £10.75m, handed a suspended ban from signing first-team players and given an immediate nine-month academy transfer ban.

The suspended transfer ban lasts for two years and will be triggered if there are further breaches.

The Premier League

imposed...