Chelsea have announced the biggest pre-tax loss in Premier League history. The £262m deficit for 2024-25 eclipses the £197.5m lost by Manchester City in 2011. It comes despite Chelsea bringing in £490.9m in revenue, which the club says is the second highest total in their history. In 2024-25 the Blues won the UEFA Conference League and Club World Cup, and finished fourth in the Premier League.
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Chelsea have been fined £10.75m, handed a suspended ban from signing first-team players and given an immediate nine-month academy transfer ban by the Premier League over breaches of financial rules during Roman Abramovich’s ownership. The club, who still face potential sanctions from the Football Association over 74 charges of breaching agent regulations, were investigated by the league over undisclosed payments to agents, non-licensed intermediaries and other figures, including players, around signings between 2011 and 2018.
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The fallout from a tempestuous final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park has continued with the Football Association charging Everton, Liverpool, Arne Slot and his assistant Sipke Hulshoff. Slot has been charged with acting in an improper manner and/or using insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviour towards both the match referee and an assistant referee.
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Referee David Coote has had his employment terminated following the emergence of a video where he made derogatory remarks about Liverpool and their former manager Jurgen Klopp. PGMOL confirmed the decision in a statement saying that a thorough investigation had concluded he was “in serious breach of the provisions of his employment contract, with his position deemed untenable”.
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Tottenham have appealed against the length of the ban imposed on midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur for comments he made about his teammate Son Heung-min. The Football Association announced on Monday that Bentancur would serve a seven-match domestic suspension, covering six Premier League fixtures and a Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United.
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