Chelsea are in talks with UEFA over a financial settlement after breaching the European governing body’s spending limits.

UEFA will not include the income Chelsea generated from selling its women’s team to a sister company — Blueco 22 Midco Ltd — for £200million in their assessment calculations.

Unlike the Premier League, UEFA does not allow for the sale of tangible assets to sister companies to count towards their Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.

This means the two hotels — the Copthorne and Millennium — Chelsea sold to Blueco 22 Properties Ltd, another sister company, for £76.5m in 2022-23, and the women’s team sale in 2023-24, will not be recorded by UEFA.

For 2023-24, UEFA assessed the last two seasons, allowing clubs a maximum loss of €80m. Deducting the asset sales from Chelsea’s calculation leaves them with a £237m loss over that two-year period, albeit that figure will reduce when allowable costs are deducted.

The most likely outcome from Chelsea’s dialogue with UEFA is that they will be required to pay a financial penalty.

An official announcement is expected in the coming months.

[The Athletic - first reported by Martyn Ziegler - The Times]

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Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana is set to miss the rest of the season due to injury.

[Matt Law - The Telegraph]

Official statement from Chelsea FC:

“The club can confirm that defender Wesley Fofana has today undergone successful hamstring surgery.

“Wesley was assessed by specialists this week after the 24-year-old suffered an injury of the muscle. Following that assessment, it was concluded that an operation would be required.

“The 24-year-old will now begin his recovery and undergo rehabilitation with the club’s medical staff at Cobham over the coming weeks.

“Everyone at the club is fully focused on supporting Wesley in his recovery.”

IT’S MATCHDAY! 🔵

🆚 Brentford
🏆 Premier League
🕐 14:00 KO
🏟️ Gtech Community Stadium

Leave your score predictions in the comments!👇

Our 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 lineup for today’s match against Brentford [A] in the Premier League.

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🤕 Known doubts & absentees:

— Mykhailo Mudryk is provisionally suspended from football after a positive doping test.

— Marc Guiu remains out due to a leg injury.

— Aaron Anselmino remains injured.

— Romeo Lavia has suffered an injury problem and is currently being assessed.

— Wesley Fofana has undergone surgery on his hamstring and will miss the remainder of the season.

Feel free to leave your thoughts! 🔵⬇️

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Presenting your Chelsea XI. 🥁

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Enzo Maresca on the changes to the #Chelsea line-up:

"The ones that are going to start I think, are going to be the right ones. Also because we have a few back from injury [recently]. Playing after 72 hours isn't the best after you've come back from a long time or an injury."

[via ChelseaFC]

Enzo Maresca:

"It's nice to win games, especially when it's a derby like Thursday, but that's gone and finished. Now we have the games ahead of us and hopefully we can win today as well."

[via ChelseaFC]

HT: Brentford 0-0 #Chelsea

Thoughts, Blues? 🔵

FT: Brentford 0-0 Chelsea

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James (C) (Cucurella 76’), Tosin, Chalobah, Gusto, Caicedo, Dewsbury-Hall (Palmer 58’), Madueke (Neto 58’), Fernandez, Sancho, Nkunku (Jackson 45’)

Bench: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella, Palmer, Neto, George, Jackson

Unused substitutes: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Badiashile, Colwill, George

🟨 Yellow cards: Gusto (25’), Tosin (44’), Fernandez (86’)

Brentford XI: Flekken, Ajer, van den Berg, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Norgaard, Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard, Schade, Mbuemo, Wissa

Bench: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Mee, Konak, Janelt, Maghoma, Kayode

Thoughts on the game? ⬇️

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𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒:

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STARTING XI:

Sanchez - 6: Made one good save but his distribution was shaky at times but did keep a clean sheet.

Gusto - 6: Was poor on a couple of occasions defensively, gave the ball away poorly. Going forward didn’t really offer anything concrete.

Tosin 8 - [MOTM]: Done his job well defensively. He was good on the ball playing through a few line breaking passes as well as carrying the ball forward.

Chalobah - 7: Was OK in the first half, in the second half he seemed to struggle a bit defensively and on the ball.

James - 7.5: Was caught out a few times when it came to crosses but he could recover. Safe on the ball, had a decent chance to score from a conner. Free-kicks deliveries were effective.

Caicedo - 8: As always, good defensively and good on the ball. Didn’t really put a foot wrong.

Fernandez - 7.5: The only player that was really willing to shoot. Played a few good balls into the paths of Madueke, sancho and Jackson but nothing came from them. Did get caught on the ball a couple of times.

Dewsbury-Hall - 6: Not really much to say, he tried leading the press but wasn’t really involved much.

Sancho - 5.5: A poor performance, never really creating opportunities to shoot or to play balls In behind.

Nkunku - 4: Poor performance not contributing to anything. Couldn’t keep hold of the ball or run in behind. Wasn’t really willing to press either.

Madueke - 6: Created a few shooting opportunities but overall below par, wasn’t willing to track back at all. Overall poor body language whenever something didn’t go his way.

SUBSTITUTES:

Jackson - 7.5: Came on and changed the game, good hold up play. He should’ve had a goal through one of the two chances he had.

Palmer - 6.5: Wasn’t really involved as much as I would’ve liked him to be. Had a really good chance( by his standards) to score right at the end.

Neto - 7: Provided a bit of energy upfront but nothing really concrete coming from his actions. Put in a good delivery for the Reece James header.

Cucurella - N/A

Thoughts? 🔵⬇️

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Enzo Maresca on Chelsea’s 0-0 draw at Brentford [A] in the Premier League:

🤝 “Overall we played a good game.

“We prepared the game in the way it was, in terms of starting one way and finishing the other way.

“We played Thursday night, a demanding game, 24 hours less than them. Tricky stadium, sunny day, the pitch was dry, they tried to kill the tempo of the game.

“Overall we did enough to win the game. We shot more than 20 times. The only thing we missed was the goal, but overall I’m happy with the performance.

“When you are not able to win, it’s important you don’t lose, you take the point and you move the table.

“At this stage of the season, 24 hours can make the difference in terms of rest and energy, which is the reason why I’m happy with the performance. They gave everything.”

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

“We played Thursday night. Not all of them [our players] were 100 per cent. The idea was to start in one way and finish in the other way. The plan nearly worked because in the last half-an-hour we created a little bit more.

“It’s very clear how good Brentford are and what they try to do, not only in set-pieces but in transition, but apart from the last transition we conceded, we controlled them very well.

“If we decided to start the first half the way we finished, probably after 45 minutes the team would not be physically good enough to finish the game. We tried to find a solution.

“After 45 minutes, one hour, our team was getting better and better. We tried to keep the ball so they ran, and after one hour they could be tired. We expected to improve in the second half.”

📉 𝐎𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐮’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞:

“I don’t think it’s a lack of effort because at the end I can see Christo every day and he’s working well. Sometimes probably he wants to give more during a game and he struggles a little bit, but for sure I don’t think it’s a lack of effort.”

(Via ChelseaFC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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Another brilliant performance. 👊

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