As guilty as Chelsea: Blues charged with 74 alleged breaches

The Football Association (FA) has charged Chelsea with 74 alleged breaches of its regulations for the period between 2009 and 2022.

The FA explained that those alleged breaches occurred when the club was under Roman Abramovich's ownership. They primarily relate to events that occurred between the 2010-11 and 2015-16 playing seasons.

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The breaches are related to the FA's agent regulations, regulations on working with intermediaries, and third-party investment in players regulations.

An FA statement on Thursday read:

"The Football Association has today charged Chelsea FC with breaches of Regulations J1 and C2 of the FA Football Agents Regulations, Regulations A2 and A3 of the FA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries, and Regulations A1 and B3 of the FA Third Party Investment in Player Regulations.

"In total, 74 charges have been brought against Chelsea FC.

"The conduct that is the subject of the charges ranges from 2009 to 2022 and primarily relates to events that occurred between the 2010-11 to 2015-16 playing seasons."

Chelsea have until September 19 to respond.

The club said on Thursday that they were "pleased" that the issue "self-reported by the club is now reaching a conclusion".

Roman Abramovich was disqualified as a director of Chelsea by the Premier League in March 2022 following the start the war in Ukraine.