The British Football Federation (FA) recently shocked when announcing Chelsea had 74 mistakes in the period of Roman Abramovich as president.

According to the notice from the FA, Chelsea was accused of using overseas companies to make secret payments, thereby avoiding recording in the financial statements. The agency determined that the Stamford Bridge team had 74 violations, lasting from 2009 to 2022 – coinciding with the Abramovich period.

Although not currently owned by the Russian billionaire, Chelsea is still at risk to face strict penalties. The Mirror revealed that the FA could make a handling form such as a heavy fine, banned from transfer for a period of time, or even deducting points in the Premier League this season.

To visualize more than the severity of allegations, the transfer of transfer under the Abramovich. Typically, the case of recruiting Willian and Samuel Eto’o, the payments are made through companies based in the Virgin and Cyprus Islands. This form benefits the representative and club officials, and is considered to be “financial fraud” behavior.

As a rule, Chelsea has 8 days to respond. The club has issued an official statement, affirming: “Chelsea is happy to confirm that the process of working with FA regarding the issues reported by the club is on the final stage. The new ownership has completed the acquisition of Chelsea on May 30, 2022. During the appraisal process, we found that the financial statements were incomplete and likely to violate FA’s regulations. The club also guarantees to provide all documents and data to serve the investigation process. We will continue to work closely with FA to solve as quickly as possible. ”

The self -reporting and comprehensive cooperation is expected to help Chelsea mitigate the penalty. However, if FA decides to deduct heavy points, this will be a strong blow on the ambition to win the Premier League of “The Blues”.