India, March 17 -- Chelsea have been sanctioned by the Premier League after the club's current ownership voluntarily disclosed potential historical rule breaches dating back to the Roman Abramovich era. The league's investigation found that between 2011 and 2018, undisclosed payments linked to the club were made to players, unregistered agents and other third parties, and that those payments should have been treated as club payments in Chelsea's financial submissions. Chelsea also accepted that the concealment and failure to disclose those payments amounted, among other things, to a breach of its duty to act in good faith toward the league.

The Premier League imposed total fines of £10.75 million, comprising a £10 million sanct...