Telegraph: Chelsea believes that its case is different from Manchester City and should not be punished at the competitive level

The FA issued an announcement today, filing 74 financial charges against Chelsea. According to the Telegraph, Chelsea believes that its case is different from Manchester City and should not be punished at the competitive level.

reported that Chelsea has provided unprecedented access to archives to the FA and the Premier League, and cooperated as much as possible at every stage of the investigation. At the beginning of the year, there were reports that Chelsea was in consultation with the Premier League on financial settlement, hoping to avoid competitive penalties. Sources pointed out that in addition to deducting points, the transfer ban is also one of the possible penalties, but such penalties may cause other clubs to be reluctant to actively report violations in the future.

Currently, Chelsea needs to respond to the allegations by September 19, but it is not expected to raise objections and hopes that the investigation can quickly draw conclusions recognized by all parties. The allegations faced by Chelsea this time will also trigger a comparison with Manchester City's 130 charges, but the cases and circumstances of the two are different. Chelsea believes that the main difference is that the suspected violations occur during the former owner (Abu), so they believe that the punishment should not be imposed on the current owner.