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Chelsea face 74 Football Association charges over agent p...

Chelsea are charged by the Football Association with 74 alleged rule breaches related to payments to agents when Roman Abramovich was owner.

I bet they’ll have to deal with the consequences much sooner than Manchester City. It always seems like the bigger clubs get more time or leeway.

It’s frustrating when people talk about making football fair, but teams still get away with dodgy behaviour. The punishments often come years later, when the damage is already done. If the rules are there, they should be followed properly and dealt with quickly. That’s the only way to keep things fair for everyone.

I agree @thommo about some teams getting away with dodgy behaviour. It's just so dissapointing that once again we have a cloud over another one of the big six Clubs in England.

It does seem to follow that the richer the club the bigger the chance of something untoward happening financially.

Chelsea may be able to prove their innocence & a club is innocent before being found guilty. But if the club is found guilty the severest sanctions have to be applied to set an example.

I don't expect it to be sorted anytime soon. In a way you almost need the rules to be simplified, even just reading some of the FA handbook is baffling. It's split into like 40 sections now. Some rules/regulations now sub divided so you end up with things like: Rule 3: 3.a (i), 3.a (ii), 3.a (iii), 3.b, 3.c (i), 3.c (ii), 3.d... There can be lots of parts to just one rule or regulation!

The lawyers can tie everyone in knots with all the legalese and loopholes. They can drag it on and on and make the whole thing more of mess than when it started.