Chelsea may face difficulties in obtaining a UEFA Cups licence for the 2025/2026 season

London Chelsea has managed to find loopholes to circumvent financial fair-play within the Premier League, but here's a rule recently introduced by UEFA that will make life much more difficult for the London club.

Details: At the end of August, the European confederation confirmed that clubs will be banned from recording proceeds from the sale of assets to related companies. This, according to Football Insider, is what Chelsea took advantage of by selling the club's hotels and part of its training ground. But the loophole will be covered, albeit from next year.

Quote: ‘I don't think they will be banned from the Conference League this season, but they will be in big trouble if they get into Europe next year. It's a big problem for the Chelsea management because they might not be allowed into Europe. They took that gamble and it turned out to be a bust. I shake my head at a lot of the things they are doing. It's perplexing. Chelsea is turning into a company for making deals, not a football club’.

Recall: Earlier it became known that the punishment for violation of financial fair-play managed to avoid Leicester.