Chelsea charges punishment theory as Simon Jordan makes Roman Abramovich takeover point

Simon Jordan has predicted the outcome of Chelsea's case with the Football Association. On Thursday morning, the governing body announced that the west London outfit had been charged with 74 breaches of their agent and third-party investment in players regulations.

The alleged breaches took place between 2009 and 2022, when Chelsea was owned by Roman Abramovich, and most of them relate to events which occurred between the 2010/11 and 2015/16 seasons. The club's new owners, who took the reins in May 2022, self-reported 'concerning matters' to the FA, and they're cooperating with the investigation.

Speaking on talkSPORT, Jordan claimed that the charges were 'coming', describing the case as the 'sins of the father and an unwilling son'. The former Crystal Palace owner said: "It was coming, wasn't it? They're not alleged.

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"They declared them themselves, Todd Boehly volunteered that information, so they pretty much detailed it themselves, which will account in their favour in terms of the sentencing that they will get.

"I mean, I say sentencing, the consequences that they will get for those actions, because obviously you're visiting the son... Sins of the father and an unwilling son, because they've obviously got different ownership now.

"But the football club exists in perpetuity so there will be consequences as a result of those transgressions. There will be mitigation, because they're not defending it, they're the ones that brought it to their attention, and they're not pushing back against it.

"So, what will the consequences be? I will assume financial," added Jordan, who was then asked if Chelsea's current owners should be punished for any wrongdoing prior to their arrival. "Chelsea is Chelsea.

"Well, Chelsea haven't been folded down and turned into something else, and come back completely different. It occupies the same space, it's the same football club, it just has a different owner.

"So, everyone has to take the consequences of the actions of the previous regime. Boehly and his gang volunteered this information, they will have provided for it in their purchase price, so they will hold back some money from the Abramovich situation.

"Where that money is, no one knows. It seems to be sat in the ether, doesn't it? That money hasn't been released, so there will be some sort of contingency in there that's held back.

"So if it's financial, it won't cost Boehly and his guys anything, it will cost Roman Abramovich something, or where that money was due to go."

football.london understands that Chelsea are not expecting a sporting sanction from the FA. The Blues, though, are expecting a resolution similar to the financial settlement they agreed with UEFA a few months ago.

It's understood that the charges from the FA are primarily tax-related matters that have since been dealt with in cooperation with HMRC.