EPL: Chelsea facing points deduction over two transfer deals

<p>The Premier League could deduct points from Chelsea after the club reported itself over alleged secret payments related to the transfers of Willian and Samuel Eto’o.</p>, <p>The league body is now looking into alleged financial breaches at Stamford Bridge.</p>, <p>Ironically, these deals were reported to authorities by the Todd Boehly consortium once they took over the club in May 2022.</p>, <p>The new owners bought Chelsea from Roman Abramovich after the UK government sanctioned the oligarch following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.</p>, <p>In the past, the Blues were fined £8.6 million by UEFA for submitting “incomplete financial information” between 2012 and 2019.</p>, <p>But The Times reports that it could get worse, with the transfers of Willian and Eto’o from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala in August 2013 now under the microscope.</p>, <p>Financial records allegedly show that payments were made by Chelsea to offshore companies and “Russian entities” separate from any transfer fee.</p>, <p>Willian was signed for £30 million from Anzhi, while Eto’o arrived on a free transfer.</p>, <p>There is no suggestion that either player knew of the payments.</p>