Chelsea have been hit with 74 Football Association charges after their current owners self-reported financial issues to the football authorities they uncovered when buying the club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
The charges relate to alleged breaches of the FA’s rules governing agents, and are understood to centre on alleged irregular payments made as part of deals which brought Eden Hazard, Samuel Eto’o and Willian, among others, to Chelsea during the Russian’s tenure. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of those players.
