It was glorious era. Chelsea always had World Class manager now they have Europa League manager under non Russian ownership.
So offences from 2012 are being investigated now, after a decade.
EITHER THE FA IS TOOTHLESS AND INCOMPETENT, OR THEY WANT THESE CORRUPT FUCHKERS TO KEEP POURING IN MONEY AS LONG AS THEY CAN.
I think people are forgetting something important, that football is a sport not a business. Just because there are new owners, it shouldn’t forgive that sporting integrity was potentially breached.
However if the new Chelsea owners did report several breaches then there should be mitigation and there should be some leniency. However they do need to be punished in sporting terms. There shouldn’t be fines because it is a different ownership.
You have it backwards. Football is a business under the guise of being a sport. That is why improprieties like this continue with every club. $$$$
A Russian Oligarch with dodgy finances and business practices? I don’t believe it.
In the words of Daniel Ricciardo…“Fuck 'em all.”
Chelsea are easy target now. They won’t dare touch Utd’s dodgy Fergie era. Lets not speak of the new big boys City.
You don’t get to be a billionaire without being a cunt . So let’s only allow fan owned clubs.
Sadly I’m not a billionaire
Great now I’m thinking about the Roman Empire again
Has it been a week already?
The thing is that after City’s 115 charges and other stuff going on in the prem, the prem governing body will be looking to scrutinies certain teams to show that they have control over what goes on in their league. Obviously, City won’t get touched and clubs like Everton getting punished won’t send a big enough message of control. So Chelsea will probably be thrown under the bus to send that message.
Chelsea already was thrown under the bus. The club was literally forced to be sold
What an enormous surprise that all this wasn’t on the level. I could have told you that in 2005
As long as they are getting their pockets filled they won’t target any of the other corrupted clubs
When this Russian first came it was common talk that he was a dodgy oligarch. Nobody cared then.
Bribery, corruption, and taking a bung to throw a match have been going on since year dot in the League. Players, managers, agents etc have all either lined their own pockets or given their team a competitive advantage in any way they can. From the Manchester United v Liverpool match fixing scandal of 1915 onwards (and before), corruption has been as much a part of football as Line Marking Paint. New house for that promising young players parents? No problem. Need a new motor, expensive watch, nice present for the misses? Sorted.
It doesn’t make it right and clubs need to be punished when caught, but a lot of top league clubs have benefitted from it over the decades in unmeasurable ways. What gets publicly revealed is just the tip of the shitberg.
So are they going to punish the current owner for what Roman did?
Makes no sense if you ask me,
no point punishing Boehly ownership for what the Abramovich ownership did. Especially since they have been reporting those breaches by Abramovich. Stripping titles and trophies makes more sense than docking points from the current season
Its Jover?