Stefan Borson: Chelsea, Villa & Newcastle could face 'big issue' if documents requested

Chelsea and Aston Villa are among Premier League clubs involved in transfers before 30 June who could face issues if they have to hand over documents linked to the deals to the governing body.

That is the view of finance expert Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider the likes of Chelsea, Aston Villa, Everton, Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest could face potential punishments if they have been inappropriate in their communications with each other over the deals.

It has emerged the Premier League has written to all 20 top-flight clubs to remind them of the “good faith” regulations regarding transfers after several deals were pushed through before the 30 June accounting deadline.

Villa sold Tim Iroegbunam to Everton, while Lewis Dobbin went the opposite way in a separate transaction as both clubs were believed to be close to breaching the profit and sustainability rules (PSR).

The West Midlands giants also completed the sale of Omari Kellyman to Chelsea, with Ian Maatsen making the move to Villa Park.

Elsewhere, Newcastle sold Elliot Anderson to Forest and Odysseas Vlachodimos left the City Ground for St James’ Park.

Chelsea and Aston Villa deals unlikely to be challenged

Borson admitted the deals are fine on paper, but he warned the Premier League clubs could face potential issues if they have to disclose any documents after Juventus were previously found to have broken the FFP rules when they had to submit incriminating letters.

He told Football Insider: “It would be difficult to challenge the deals as long as the documents are not incriminating.

“The big issue here is similar to the Juventus situation from a couple of years back, where they swapped players between themselves and Barcelona and there were a couple of others deals as well.

“They may well have been okay in that scenario but for the fact they had to disclose documents to the authorities.

“Some of those documents disclosed specifically said the swaps were designed to circumvent financial fair play and the amortisation laws.

“Paratici’s worldwide ban is partially related to his handwritten notes on Juventus-headed paper, basically saying the prices were inflated and he had nowhere to go.

“On the face of it, I think all those Premier League deals are fine.

“But if they were to be probed and any of the clubs have been silly in their communications and said things they shouldn’t have said, then they could give themselves a problem.”

In other news, winger could leave Chelsea as talks open over deal.

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