Stefan Borson drops strong verdict on Chelsea ban after new twist

Chelsea are not at risk of being excluded from European competitions by Uefa if they are found to have breached the financial rules.

That is the view of finance expert Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider the governing body sets out tariffs to determine what the punishment should be depending on how big the breach is.

The Times reported on 28 August Uefa has confirmed clubs will not be permitted to register earnings from selling assets to sister companies, placing Chelsea at risk of a potential breach.

Possible sanctions are believed to include a warning, a fine or even a team being barred from European competitions.

Chelsea’s ownership group BlueCo – a consortium spearheaded by Todd Boehly – has made multiple transactions over the past year to help offset the club’s major losses.

The west Londoners sold two Stamford Bridge hotels to a sister company last year for a total of £76.5million.

They also sold their women’s team as part of a similar transaction in June this year, with the deal believed to be worth in excess of £150million.

Chelsea likely to receive fine for potential financial breach

But Borson believes Chelsea are only likely to receive a fine if they are found to have breached the rules.

“The way the Uefa rules work is they set out tariffs for a failure,” Borson told Football Insider.

“The more you fail, the bigger the fine.

“I think eventually they do have a wider range of rights around potentially excluding clubs from competitions.

“But I don’t think Chelsea are anywhere near that at this stage.”

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