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Chelsea FC face new questions over how Roman Abramovich funded success | Roman Abramovich
(www.theguardian.com)
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Experts said the transactions, uncovered through a joint investigation by the Guardian and international partners, could lead to the Premier League imposing punishments on Chelsea, such as a deduction of points.
The files reveal a series of payments worth tens of millions of pounds over a decade, routed through offshore vehicles belonging to Abramovich. The transactions in question appear to have been for Chelsea’s benefit, raising questions about whether they were declared in accounts submitted to football’s governing bodies.
You do have to question this entire piece of journalism considering it’s not telling us anything new or groundbreaking. We already know as fact that Clearlake have reported secret payments that were made under previous ownership to the Premier League months ago when going through the club’s finances. I don’t suppose Bruce Buck or Marina are around to face questioning?
I swear it’s like a new publication gets to write this exact story every couple of weeks (coincidentally the last one came during the last international break aka slow news cycle).
Next they’re going to tell us we paid Andreas Christensen’s dad as a scout or that we paid Bertrand Traore’s mum - both of which we’ve already served two transfer bans for btw.
I don't think much of it has been leaked to the press though - this is the media doing what the should be doing.
The question is, what kind of punishments should Chelsea face? If it's a small points deduction years later, when it ultimately doesn't matter, then it's not much of a deterrent to anyone else.
The only fair punishment that would also act as a deterrent, is to strip them of all their titles during this period.
Or make them take Havertz and Mount back and refund the clubs.
Lol, that's not a deterrent at all as that has no tangible impact on the team.
The games still happened, the players got their bonuses and new contracts, the fans got their parades and merch. Who cares if a wikipedia entry gets changed?
Bet you won’t have this opinion when city fans sing “champions of Europe, you’ll never sing that” at the Etihad
I really doubt if Chelsea's CL wins get vacated that City's will stand...
You can never take back those moments, but it's definitely a more severe punishment than a points deduction on a season where it's likely not going to matter that much.
A points deduction would keep Chelsea out of Europe for another year and hurt them financially. What's an asterisk going to do?