{"id":296562,"date":"2023-11-15T10:25:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T10:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296562"},"modified":"2023-11-15T10:25:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T10:25:44","slug":"chelsea-could-be-dealt-points-deduction-in-wake-of-leaked-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/chelsea-could-be-dealt-points-deduction-in-wake-of-leaked-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &apos;could be dealt points deduction&apos; in wake of leaked documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chelsea &#8216;could be handed a points deduction&#8217; after leaked documents revealed &#8216;a string of payments during Roman Abramovich&#8217;s tenure that may have breached financial fair play&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>An investigation found a series of payments that may have breached FFP rules<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>The beneficiaries\u00a0include Eden Hazard&#8217;s agent and Antonio Conte&#8217;s associate<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pochettino acted like he was denied entry to a nightclub &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chelsea\u00a0could be handed a points deduction after leaked files revealed a string of payments that may have breached strict football rules, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation revealed a series of payments worth tens of millions of pounds across a decade during Roman Abramovich&#8217;s tenure as club owner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abramovich sold Chelsea to Todd Boehly last year\u00a0in a \u00a34.2billion deal after the government sanctioned the former owner in March following Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, however investigations have been looking into dealings under the club&#8217;s former ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The transactions in question, according to The Guardian, were &#8216;routed through offshore vehicles belonging to Abramovich&#8217; and seem as though they were made\u00a0to benefit Chelsea or individuals around the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries appear to include an associate of manager Antonio Conte, Eden Hazard&#8217;s agent and other Chelsea FC officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821473-12751537-image-a-1_1700039643793.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea could be handed a points deduction after leaked files revealed a string of payments that may have breached strict football rules during Roman Abramovich&#8217;s ownership<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821505-12751537-image-a-2_1700039647139.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One incident related to Eden Hazard&#8217;s move from Lille to Chelsea back in 2012<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Other payments appear to have been connected to the purchase of the players Willian and Samuel Eto&#8217;o, which was initially revealed last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League and the Football Association are already investigating Chelsea&#8217;s finances, while UEFA already fined the club \u00a38.6m\u00a0after the current owners reported that &#8216;incomplete financial information&#8217; was submitted during Abramovich&#8217;s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>However, the new document leak now raises fresh questions over whether Abramovich continuously undermined financial fair play rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first incident, which was revealed as part of an international investigation known as the\u00a0Cyprus Confidential, showed that on July 18th 2017, an Abramovich-owned company called Conibair Holdings signed an agreement with Federico Pastorello, an Italian football agent with reported close connections to Antonio Conte.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian claim that\u00a0Conibair agreed to pay Pastorello \u00a310m for a 75% stake in Excellence Investment Fund (EIF).<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, Chelsea confirmed the appointment of Conte as head coach and revealed that the Italian had signed a new \u00a39.6m-a-year contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another incident revealed as part of the investigation related to Eden Hazard&#8217;s \u00a335m move from Lille to Chelsea back in 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hazard&#8217;s move to west London came off the back of tense negotiations with Chelsea officials and agent\u00a0John Bico-Penaque &#8211; who reportedly demanded \u00a36m in commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, in March 2013, documents suggest that BVI-based Leiston Holdings &#8211; a company owned by Abramovich &#8211; agreed to pay \u00a36m (\u20ac7m) to a Dubai-based company called Gulf Value FZE for &#8216;advisory services [\u2026] related to [\u2026] sport research and consultancy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821481-12751537-image-a-4_1700039771534.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The new document leak now raises fresh questions over whether Abramovich continuously undermined financial fair play rules<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77821519-12751537-image-a-3_1700039730001.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>On July 18th 2017, an Abramovich-owned company signed an agreement with Federico Pastorello, an Italian football agent with reported close connections to Antonio Conte<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s claimed that the contract was signed on the company&#8217;s behalf by Bico-Penaque and it remains unclear as to whether the payment was declared to footballing authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Guardian, leading sports lawyers have claimed that some of the payments &#8216;may have broken rules including Premier League and UEFA regulations on financial fair play (FFP)&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Football finance expert Kieran Maguire said: &#8216;If there is proof that the club has used third party transactions to circumvent the profitability and sustainability rules then sanctions would be either financial or a points deduction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The latter is more likely as any commission investigating a club&#8217;s circumstances will want to put out a deterrent that dissuades others from repeating such behaviour.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed last month that a\u00a0Premier League<span> investigation into <\/span>Chelsea<span>&#8216;s transfer dealings during the <\/span>Abramovich<span> era is looking at secret payments made by the club when they signed <\/span>Willian<span>\u00a0and Samuel Eto&#8217;o.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former Blues pair completed their transfers to Chelsea in August 2013 from Russian side\u00a0Anzhi Makhachkala and have been flagged for further investigation, as claimed by The Times.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chelsea&#8217;s current owners led by Boehly, reportedly flagged the transfers while they were in the process of purchasing the club from Abramovich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77186551-12751537-The_transfer_of_Brazilian_winger_Willian_to_Chelsea_in_2013_is_r-a-5_1700039804936.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The transfer of Brazilian winger Willian to Chelsea in 2013 is reportedly being scrutinised<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/09\/77186607-12751537-Samuel_Eto_o_s_arrival_at_Stamford_Bridge_from_Russian_side_Anzh-a-6_1700039808433.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Samuel Eto&#8217;o&#8217;s arrival at Stamford Bridge from Anzhi Makhachkala is being looked into as well<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian winger Willian joined Chelsea in a \u00a330m deal from Russian team\u00a0Anzhi Makhachkala 10-years ago after initially appearing set to join Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>Former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker Eto&#8217;o followed in the same transfer window after taking a \u00a310m pay cut to be part of Jose Mourinho&#8217;s squad at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Financial records reportedly suggest that in addition to the transfer payments being made by Chelsea, there were further payments that may have been sent to so-called &#8216;Russian entities&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>There is no suggestion either player were aware of the associated dealings, however, their transfers form part of an ongoing investigation into the club under Abramovich&#8217;s reign.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea released a statement in response to the claims, explaining the payments aren&#8217;t in relation to any individual currently at the club.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport 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